A.31 create Vm

A.31 create Vm
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Creates a virtual machine.

Syntax

create Vm memory=value memoryLimit=value cpuCountLimit=value cpuCount=value cpuPriority=value cpuUtilizationCap=value highAvailability= { yes | no }
osType= { WIN_2003 | WIN_2008 | WIN_7 | WIN_VISTA | OTHER_WIN | OL_4 | OL_5 | OL_6 | RHL_4 | RHL_5 | RHL_6 | LINUX_RECOVERY | OTHER_LINUX | SOLARIS_10 | SOLARIS_11 | OTHER_SOLARIS | NONE }
mouseType= { OS_DEFAULT | PS2_MOUSE | USB_MOUSE | USB_TABLET }
domainType= { XEN_HVM | XEN_HVM_PV_DRIVERS | XEN_PVM | LDOMS_PVM | UNKNOWN }
keymapName= { en-us | ar | da | de | de-ch | en-gb | es | et | fi | fo | fr | fr-be | fr-ca | fr-ch | hr | hu | is | it | ja | lt | lv | mk | nl | nl-be | no | pl | pt | pt-br | ru | sl | sv | th | tr }
bootOrder= { PXE | DISK | CDROM } networkBootPath=value repository=value name=value [description=value] { on Server instance | ServerPool instance }

Where instance is:

{ id=id | name=name }

Description

This command creates a virtual machine.

Options

The following table shows the available options for this command.

Option	Description
`memory=value`	The memory size the virtual machine is allocated in MB.
`memoryLimit=value`	The maximum memory size the virtual machine can be allocated in MB.
`cpuCountLimit=value`	The maximum number of processors the virtual machine can be allocated.
`cpuCount=value`	The number of processors the virtual machine is allocated.
`cpuPriority=value`	The CPU priority of the virtual machine. A value between 1 and 100; the higher the number, the more priority the CPU is given.
`cpuUtilizationCap=value`	The maximum percentage to which the virtual CPUs can receive scheduled time. A value between 1 and 100; the higher the number, the more scheduled time the CPU is given.
`highAvailability=` { `yes` \| `no` }	Whether to enable High Availability.
`osType=` { `WIN_2003` \| `WIN_2008` \| `WIN_7` \| `WIN_VISTA` \| `OTHER_WIN` \| `OL_4` \| `OL_5` \| `OL_6` \| `RHL_4` \| `RHL_5` \| `RHL_6` \| `LINUX_RECOVERY` \| `OTHER_LINUX` \| `SOLARIS_10` \| `SOLARIS_11` \| `OTHER_SOLARIS` \| `NONE` }	The operating system of the virtual machine.
`mouseType=` { `OS_DEFAULT` \| `PS2_MOUSE` \| `USB_MOUSE` \| `USB_TABLET` }	The mouse type of the virtual machine.
`domainType=` { `XEN_HVM` \| `XEN_HVM_PV_DRIVERS` \| `XEN_PVM` \| `LDOMS_PVM` \| `UNKNOWN` }	The domain type of the virtual machine.
`keymapName=` { `en-us` \| `ar` \| `da` \| `de` \| `de-ch` \| `en-gb` \| `es` \| `et` \| `fi` \| `fo` \| `fr` \| `fr-be` \| `fr-ca` \| `fr-ch` \| `hr` \| `hu` \| `is` \| `it` \| `ja` \| `lt` \| `lv` \| `mk` \| `nl` \| `nl-be` \| `no` \| `pl` \| `pt` \| `pt-br` \| `ru` \| `sl` \| `sv` \| `th` \| `tr` }	The keyboard mapping to use for the virtual machine.
`bootOrder=` { `PXE` \| `DISK` \| `CDROM` }	The boot media order for the virtual machine. Enter options separated by commas (,), for example: `bootOrder='CDROM,DISK'` If you use the `PXE` boot option to boot from network-based installation media, also use the `networkBootPath` parameter.
`networkBootPath=value`	The location at which the installation media (mounted ISO file) is located when creating a PVM guest.
`repository=value`	The repository in which to create the virtual machine configuration file.
`name=value`	A name to identify the virtual machine.
`description=value`	Optional description for the virtual machine.
{ `id=id` \| `name=name` }	The instance of the object using either the `id` or `name` option, for example `name=MyServer`.

Note

Any create command only creates a single instance of an object, and therefore only accepts a single object instance as an attribute. Providing more than one object of the same attribute type as a parameter always results in the last attribute value taking precedence.

Examples

Example A.40 Creating a virtual machine

OVM> create Vm name=MyVM repository=MyRepository domainType=XEN_HVM on ServerPool \
  name=MyServerPool

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A.31 create Vm

Syntax

Description

Options

Examples

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