1.
Use the cobbler
/buildiso from Satellite/Spacewalk, generated.iso or other Linux ISO.
2.
Launch
VMWare Infrastructure Client from your pc and login to vCenter
with your user account.
a.
Alternative use the vSphere Web Client
(mandatory in 5.5)
3.
Right
click on Red Hat Secondary (or primary) ESX Host and choose 'New
Virtual Machine'
4.
On
'New Virtual Machine Wizard' box choose ‘Custom' and then
click 'Next'
5.
On
'Select a Name and Location' box type in the name of the virtual server
following naming standard, i.e. someVMName and choose a folder in the Inventory Location. Then click ‘next’ to continue.
6.
On
'Choose a Datastore for the Virtual Machine' select any available datastore, (other than local)
and click 'Next'
7.
On Virtual Machine Version keep VM Hardware Version X checked and
click next to continue.
8.
On
'Choose the Guest Operating System' screen choose 'Linux' radio button and then
choose 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64-bit)' and click 'Next'
9.
On
'Virtual CPU' screen set as needed and click 'Next'
10.
On
'Memory' screen set 'Memory for this Virtual Machine' to 2048
and click 'Next'
11.
On
'Choose Networks' screen use these settings and then click 'Next'
a.
How
many NIC's do you want to connect? 1
b.
Network
for NIC 1: vlan XXX
c.
Adapter:
VMXNET3
d.
Connect
At Power On: Checked
e.
Note: vlan
XXX as DHCP and will boot into kickstart
12.
On SCSI Controller leave default ‘paravirtualization’
checked and click next to continue.
13.
On Select a Disk leave default ‘Create new
disk’ checked and click next
a.
On
'Specify Virtual Disk Capacity' screen set disk size to 50gb
b.
Check ‘Allocate and commit space on demand (Thin Provisioning)
and click 'Next'
14.
On Advanced
options, leave as is, and click next
15.
On
'Ready to Complete New Virtual Machine' screen review your settings to
verify everything is correct then click 'Finish'
16.
Click
on ‘ESX Host ' and then click on 'Virtual Machines' tab in right
side window.
17.
Locate
the new virtual machine you just created and right-click on it and choose 'Edit
Notes...'
18.
Enter
new virtual machine description in the 'Edit Notes' dialog box.
Install OS
1. Mount the generated.iso
by either selecting
a. Connect to local iso image (on your pc)
b. Connect to ISO Image on Datastore
i.
Go
to someDataStore and ISO Folder,
select generated.iso
2. Open Console and boot off of ISO. Choose from menu and
install as needed.
