On the new window, Configuration Parameters, add a new parameter:.
Note: Steps 13 to 16 are not needed on vSphere 6.7.
Go to Advance, and from Settings uncheck Enable logging.
From Boot Option, check Force BIOS setup - The next time the virtual machine boots….
Do not check Enable 3D Support unless you have Graphics Card support on your ESXi hosts.
Also, Number of displays can be set to only 2.
Note: Total video memory is usually configured up to 128 MB, but for my scenario, I do think is not necessary.
Go to Video card, and change Number of displays to 4 and Total video memory to 64 MB.
Select Datastore ISO File under New CD/DVD Drive, then select your Windows 10 image and make sure that Connect At Power On is checked.
Expand the network and change the Adapter Typeto VMXNET 3.
Make sure you have the network available and is connected.
Note: This is recommended to avoid performance issues in large environments, but this depends on the available resources and isn't a must for a lab.
Check Reserve all guest memory (All locked).
Select Windowsas OS family and Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)as the OS version.
Leave by default or select ESXi 6.5 and later.
A recommendation is to use an easy VM pattern.
Right-click on your host and select New Virtual Machine.
If you are interested in only the tune-up of the golden image and you are not following the whole VDI-LAB series, don’t mind this, any ESXi host will do. Note: This is the vSphere Client set in part 7 of this series, due to our desktop infrastructure will be deployed here.
Create/upload an ISO with all the programs you will install or, make sure you can obtain them after connecting the VM to the internet.įirst off is to create and configure this new VM to be used as a Client.
Download Windows 10 64-bits and MS office 2016 ISO file and upload it to an accessible datastore.
Domain Controller server previously created in Part 5 of this series