How to Create a Virtual Machine in VMware Workstation - In the previous article ane has given an example of how to install VMware Workstation applications in windows, here ane will provide another example of how to create a virtual machine and basic settings in a virtual machine.
VMware Workstation is an application that is often used by sysadmins around the world, which is commonly used to test a project before being deployed to a production / server located on the internet.
VMware Workstation provides features that are very complete and easy for its users, VMware Workstation Company provides a trial for 30 days, when it is past 30 days users have to pay licenses to still be able to use the latest features and updates.
Steps - Steps to Create a Virtual Machine and Basic Settings
Make sure the user has opened the vmware workstation pro application first, before proceeding to another menu.
Once you have opened the VMware Workstation application Select + Create a New Virtual Machine, to create a new virtual machine, and then click wait until a new menu appears.
Select next only, leave it by default typical (Recommended), here vmware workstation provides 2 virtual machine settings, namely:
- Typical (Recommended): Virtual Machine settings that have been set up by VMware Workstation itself.
- Custom (Advanced): With this eradication, users can custom virtual machine according to the needs will be used for what.
Here the user must enter the operating system file that will be run in the virtual machine, for example here running the windows 7 operating system.
VMware Workstation provides 2 alternatives to running the operating system whether it is Open Source or Close Source.
- With DVD media, which is already a burning process that contains operating system files, you can choose the first part or Disc Installer.
- File *.iso directly from the operating system itself, can also be called an image file
Click Next to continue.
Select next, a new menu will appear select yes
In this menu is the name setting of the virtual machine and the location where the file from the virtual machine, this is automatically created by VMware Workstatsion so let it go, click Next.
Provisioning storage for virtual machines that are used as a place for operating system files, here means containing files from windows 7. and will give the size of 25 GB, and then click next.
Select Finish, wait until the virtual machine creation process is made, after finishing making virtual machien automatically vmware workstation run and directly the process of installing the operating system.
After creating a virtual machine, vmware automatically runs it directly to the install process.
It is very easy how to create a virtual machine in vmware workstation, for the operating system adjust to the user who will run on the virtual machine, for the steps are the same as above, which is cutting from the operating system.
