7.3 To create a virtual machine from an ISO:

7.3 To create a virtual machine from an ISO:
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Create a virtual machine using the 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 }

For example:

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

For more information on the syntax and usage, see Section A.31, “create Vm” .

Create a virtual disk to use as the boot disk using the syntax:

create VirtualDisk size=value shareable= { yes | no } sparse= { yes | no } name=value [description=value] on Repository instance

For example:

OVM> create VirtualDisk name=MyVMDisk size=10 sparse=yes shareable=no on Repository \
  name=MyRepository

For more information on the syntax and usage, see Section A.28, “create VirtualDisk” .

Map the virtual disk to the virtual machine using the syntax:

create VmDiskMapping slot=value [storageDevice=value] name=value [description=value] on Vm instance

For example:

OVM> create VmDiskMapping slot=0 storageDevice=MyVMDisk name=BootDisk on Vm name=MyVM

For more information on the syntax and usage, see Section A.32, “create VmDiskMapping” .

Map an ISO file to the virtual machine using the syntax:

create VmDiskMapping slot=value [storageDevice=value] name=value [description=value] on Vm instance

For example:

OVM> create VmDiskMapping slot=1 storageDevice=OracleLinux-R6-U2-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso \
  name=CDROM on Vm name=MyVM

For more information on the syntax and usage, see Section A.32, “create VmDiskMapping”.

Set up the disk boot order as the CDROM (ISO file) as the first disk, then the virtual disk as the secondary disk, using the syntax:

edit Vm instance [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] [name=value] [description=value]

For example:

OVM> edit Vm name=MyVM bootOrder='CDROM,DISK'

For more information on the syntax and usage, see Section A.55, “edit Vm”.

Add a VNIC to the virtual machine using the syntax:

add Vnic instance to Vm instance

For example:

OVM> add Vnic name=00:21:f6:00:00:00 to Vm name=MyVM

For more information on the syntax and usage, see Section A.15, “add Vnic”.

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