ORACLE DATABASE: Installation of RedHat Enterprise Linux-server-5.4-x86

Creating a New Virtual Machine

Before You Begin

To install a Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.4 server on the virtual machine, make sure that you have the ISO image of the operating system accessible from the PC (DVD/CD). The ISO image is mapped as a virtual boot drive so when you start the VM, the installation initiates from the mapped ISO image.

Steps:

To create the new virtual machine, follow these steps:

Step 1

After launching the VMware vSphere Client and connecting to your ESXi server click on the File menu and select New Virtual Machine.

Step2:The Create New Virtual Machine window appears.

Step3:Select Custom option to create virtual machine with additions options and devices.Enter the host name for the virtual machine in the Name field.
VM names are user defined and can contain up to 80 characters; and they must be unique within each VMware vCenter Server VM folder.

Step4:

Highlight to select the datastore in which to store the VM files.

Step 5

Click Next. The Guest Operating System window appears.

Step 6

Select Linux in the guest operating system field and select Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64-bit) as the version from the Version drop-down menu, as shown in below figure.

Step 7

Click Next. Select the number of virtual processors in the Virtual Machine.

Step 8

Click Next. Configure the Virtual Machine Memory size.In my case I am allocating 1GB memory.

Step 9:Click Next. Configure the Virtual Machine Network Connections.

Step 10:Click Next.Select which SCSI Controller to use for this Virtual Machine.

Step 11:Click Next. The Create a Disk window appears, as shown in below figure.

Step 12:Click Next. The Ready to Complete window appears. Review your new VM configuration.

Step13:Select the Edit the virtual machine settings before completion radio button and then click finish. The Virtual Machine Properties page appears for your newly created VM with the Hardware tab selected by default, as shown below.