Select a Method for Adding a New Virtual Machine on the Host with the VMware Host Client

You use the Select creation type page of the New Virtual Machine wizard to create a new virtual machine, deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file, or register an existing virtual machine.

Procedure

♦ Select a creation type and click Next.

Option	Description
Create a new virtual machine	Creates a new virtual machine. You can customize processors, memory, network connections, and storage. You will need to install a guest operating system after you create the VM.
Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file	Deploys a virtual machine from an OVF and VMDK files. OVA deployment is currently limited to files under 1 gigabyte in size due to Web browser limitations. If you want to deploy an OVA greater than 1 gigabyte, extract the OVA using tar and provide the OVF and VMDK files separately.
Register an existing virtual machine	Registers a virtual machine that already exists on a datastore.

Option

Description

Create a new virtual machine

Creates a new virtual machine. You can customize processors, memory, network connections, and storage. You will need to install a guest operating system after you create the VM.

Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file

Deploys a virtual machine from an OVF and VMDK files.

OVA deployment is currently limited to files under 1 gigabyte in size due to Web browser limitations.

If you want to deploy an OVA greater than 1 gigabyte, extract the OVA using tar and provide the OVF and VMDK files separately.

Registers a virtual machine that already exists on a datastore.