If you need a single virtual machine with a particular operating system and hardware configuration, you create a new virtual machine. You can open the New Virtual Machine wizard from any object in the inventory that is a valid parent object of a virtual machine.

Procedure

  1. Right-click any inventory object that is a valid parent object of a virtual machine, such as a data center, folder, cluster, resource pool, or host, and select New Virtual Machine.
  2. Select Create a new virtual machine and click Next.