Creating Virtual Machines

Applies To: Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1

In Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), you can create new virtual machines with the New Virtual Machine Wizard, by cloning a virtual machine, by converting a physical server, or by converting an existing virtual machine.

Reference

• Supported Operating Systems for Virtual Machines

• Supported Hardware Capabilities for Hyper-V, Virtual Server, and VMware

• Sources of New Virtual Machines

Tasks

Creating virtual machines

• Create a new virtual machine

  • Configure hardware

  • Customize the operating system

  • Configure a virtual machine for self-service

• Convert a physical machine to a virtual machine (P2V conversion)

• Perform a virtual-to-virtual conversion (V2V conversion)

Tools

• Create a hardware profile

• Create a guest operating system profile

• Create a virtual machine template

Actions

Task	Action
Create a virtual machine	Any view → New virtual machine
Clone a virtual machine	Virtual Machines view → Clone
Create a new hardware profile	Library view → New hardware profile
Create a template	Library view → New template
Modify the properties of a virtual machine	Virtual Machines or Library View → Properties

See Also

Concepts

Deploying and Migrating Virtual Machines