Creates a virtual machine.
Syntax
create Vm [
memory=valuememoryLimit=valuecpuCount=valuecpuCountLimit=valuecpuPriority=valuecpuUtilizationCap=valuehighAvailability=
{
Yes
|
No
}
] [
hugePagesEnabled=
{
Yes
|
No
}
] [
osType=valuemouseType=
{
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
}
] [
networkInstallPath=valuerepository=valueserver=valuestartPolicy=
{
BEST_SERVER
|
CURRENT_SERVER
|
USE_POOL_POLICY
}
]
name=valuedescription=valueon
ServerPool
instance
Where instance
{
id=valuename=value
Description
This command creates a virtual machine.
Options
The following table shows the available options for this command.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
|
The memory size the virtual machine is allocated in MB.
May be an integer between |
|
The maximum memory size the virtual machine can be
allocated in MB. May be an integer between
|
|
The number of processors the virtual machine is allocated.
May be an integer between |
|
The maximum number of processors the virtual machine can
be allocated. May be an integer between
|
|
The CPU priority of the virtual machine. A value between
|
|
The maximum percentage to which the virtual CPUs can
receive scheduled time. A value between
|
| Whether to enable High Availability (HA). |
| Whether to enable HugePages. If you enable HugePages, you should also enable support for HugePages in the guest operating system. This option must only be used for virtual machines that have their domain type set to XEN_PVM. More information on Huge Page support is provided in How are Huge Pages Enabled for Virtual Machines? in the Oracle VM Concepts Guide. |
| The operating system of the virtual machine. To find the operating system type, use the getVmOsTypes command. |
| The mouse type of the virtual machine. |
| The domain type of the virtual machine. |
| The keyboard mapping to use for the virtual machine. |
| The boot media order for the virtual machine. Enter options separated by commas (,), for example: bootOrder='CDROM,DISK'
If you use the |
| The location at which the installation media (mounted ISO file) is located when creating a PVM guest. |
| The name or ID of the storage repository in which to create the virtual machine configuration file. |
| The name or ID of the Oracle VM Server on which to create the virtual machine. |
| Optional virtual machine start up policy. |
| A name to identify the virtual machine. |
|
Optional description for the virtual machine.
|
{
|
The instance of the object using either the
|
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.67 Creating a virtual machine
OVM> create Vm name=MyVM repository=MyRepository domainType=XEN_HVM \ server=MyServer startPolicy=USE_POOL_POLICY on ServerPool name=MyServerPool