Creating a Virtual Lab

You can create and customize your own virtual machine lab.

Before You Begin

Verify that a template is available.

Procedure

1. From the navigation pane, go to Manage > VM Management.

   The VM Management page appears.

2. Click the Virtual labs tile.

   The Virtual labs page appears.

3. In the upper-right area of the page, click Create.

   The General page of the Create Virtual Lab wizard appears.

4. From the Lab template list, select the Virtual lab policy.

5. In the Name box, enter a virtual lab name.

   The virtual lab name must follow a pattern and must not contain special characters.

6. In the Description box, enter a description of the virtual lab.

7. For Expiration date, select a date on which the virtual lab will expire.

8. Click Next.

   The Configuration page of the Virtual lab wizard appears.

9. To add a new template, click Add.

   The Add template dialog box appears.

10. From the Template list, select the VM template.

11. In the Number of CPUs box, enter the number of CPUs for each VM.

12. In the Memory box, enter the memory for each VM.

13. Click Save.

14. Click Next.

    The Credentials page of the Virtual lab wizard appears.

15. In the Password and Confirm password boxes, enter a new password for the virtual machine.

    Note

    User name will be set to 'administrator' or 'root' based on the operating system of the virtual machine. Windows VMs get 'administrator' and others get 'root'

16. Click Next.

    The Summary page of the Virtual lab wizard appears.

17. Review the summary.

18. Click Submit.