Create a Virtual Machine Without a Template or Clone

You can create a single virtual machine if no virtual machines in your environment meet your needs, for example of a particular operating system or hardware configuration. When you create a virtual machine without a template or clone, you can configure the virtual hardware, including processors, hard disks, and memory.

During the creation process, a default disk is configured for the virtual machine. You can remove this disk and add a new hard disk, select an existing disk, or add an RDM disk on the Customize hardware page of the wizard.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have the following privileges:

• Virtual machine .Inventory.Create new on the destination folder or data center.
• Virtual machine.Configuration.Add new disk on the destination folder or data center, if you are adding a new disk.
• Virtual machine.Configuration.Add existing disk on the destination folder or data center, if you are adding an existing disk.
• Virtual machine.Configuration.Raw device on the destination folder or data center, if you are using an RDM or SCSI pass-through device.
• Virtual machine.Configuration.Host USB device on the destination folder or data center, if you are attaching a virtual USB device backed by a host USB device.
• Virtual machine.Configuration.Advanced on the destination folder or data center, if you are configuring advanced virtual machine settings.
• Virtual machine.Configuration.Swapfile placement on the destination folder or data center, if you are configuring swap file placement.
• Virtual machine.Configuration.Disk change tracking on the destination folder or data center, if you are enabling change tracking on the virtual machine's disks.
• Resource.Assign virtual machine to resource pool on the destination host, cluster, or resource pool.
• Datastore.Allocate space on the destination datastore or datastore folder.
• Network.Assign network on the network that the virtual machine will be assigned to.

To verify the privileges assigned to your role, see the Required Privileges for Common Tasks topic in the vSphere Security documentation.