rhel 6 new vm creation

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RHEL 6 New VM Creation


Launch vSphere client –


Right click on 192.168.0.27 and select “New Virtual Machine” –


Choose “Custom” and click on Next –


Choose a name for the new virtual machine –


Choose “Local Datastore” as the storage option for the new VM –


Choose the latest VM version -


Choose the required OS, Linux and RHEL 6 in this case -


Choose minimun number of sockets and CPU as this will be used as a template -


Select 2 GB of Memory for the template -


Select the number of NICs, select Network as “VM Network” and Adapter as “E1000” -

Incorrect

screenshot,

please select

E1000


Select “VMware Paravirtual” as the SCSI Controller -


Select “Create a new virtual disk” -


Select only a small number as this will be used as a template -


Select “SCSI (0:0)”, do not check “Independent” -


Review all the options selected and click on “Finish”


RHEL 6 Installation

Select the newly created “RHEL 6 Generic” VM and power it on -


Click on the CD icon on the Top Panel and select “Connect to ISO image on local disk” -


Browse to the location where you have the OS software, select “rhel-server-6.6-x86_64-dvd”

and click on Open -


Open the VM Console, it should show a message similar to the one below, hit enter -


The VM should automatically read from the mounted DVD and display the options below.

Select “Install or upgrade an existing system” -


Choose “Skip”, the media has already been tested and is good -


Click on “Next” -


Select “English (English)” and click on Next -


Select “U.S English” and click on Next -


Select “Basic Storage Device” and click on Next -


Click on “Yes, discard any data” as there is no data on the disk right now, click on Next -


Keep the default hostname as this is only a template, click on Next -


Choose the appropriate Time Zone and click on Next -


Choose a password for the root user, it is root123 here -


Select “Use Free Space” and click on Next -


Click on “Write changes to disk” -


Select “Basic Server” installation, select RHEL and “Customize Later”, if not already selected -


Monitor the installation progress -


Click on “Reboot” once the installation completes -


Select the highlighted entry and hit Enter -


OS Details -

Component Version

Kernel 2.6.32-494

QLogic qla2xxx driver 8.07.00.08.06.6-k

QLogic ql2xxx firmware ql23xx-firmware-3.03.27-3.1

ql2100-firmware-1.19.38-3.1

ql2200-firmware-2.02.08-3.1

ql2400-firmware-7.03.00-1

ql2500-firmware-7.03.00-1

Emulex lpfc driver 10.2.8020.1

iSCSI initiator utils iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.873-11

DM-Multipath device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.4.9-80

LVM lvm2-2.02.108-1

New and updated RHEL 6.6 patches can be found at the link below -

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1332213

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1332213

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