Welcome to my FOG Server series. In this session I will describe how I deployed the virtual machine for my FOG Server. This process is pretty straight forward and done from VMWare vSphere Client. I begin with launching the “New Virtual Machine” wizard. I Select “Create a new virtual machine”, Next…
I give the virtual machine a name and select a location, Next…
Select a compute resource, Next…
I choose a storage location, in my case this will be my Datastore Cluster, Next
As I have a vSphere 6.7 environment, I select this compatibility, Next…
I select OS Family and Version, Next…
From the Virtual Hardware tab, I adjust the virtual hardware according to my needs. Note that I don’t attach any ISO to the CD/DVD Drive at this time.
In VM Options, I select to boot to BIOS next time, Next…
Everything looks fines, Finish…
Once the virtual machine is created, I power it up.
I open the VMware Virtual Console and can see the BIOS-screen
From the Advanced tab, I select I/O Device Configuration
I disable all serial, parallel and floppy devices.
From the Boot tab, I edit the boot order, so I can boot the virtual machine from an ISO file.
I save settings and exit
Next I shut down the virtual machine.
Finally I attach the Ubuntu Server ISO-file, select “Connect At Power On”, and power on the virtual machine.
This finishes my session about deploying a virtual machine to host FOG server. I can now start installing the server OS, Ubuntu Server 16.04. This I have made a session about posted here: Linux – FOG Server – Install Ubuntu Server OS
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