Create a VMware Virtual Machine

1. On the ESXi vSphere application, click Create a new virtual machine.
2. On the Create a new virtual machine dialog, click Next. 
3. On Select a name and guest OS dialog: 
   1. Enter Name for the Nodegrid Manager virtual machine.
   2. For Guest OS family, select Linux.
   3. For Guest OS version, select Other Linux (64-Bit).
   4. Click Next.
4. On Select storage dialog table, select the virtual machine’s data storage volume. Click Next. 
5. On the Customize settings dialog, enter these settings (these are minimum settings – adjust as needed). Then click Next.
   1. CPU: 2
   2. Memory: 4GB
   3. Hard disk: 32GB
   4. SCSI Controller: LSI Logic Parallel
   5. Network adapters: 2 of type E1000 
6. On the Ready to complete dialog, review the details. Click Finish. 

This completes the virtual machine configuration on the ESXi server.