vmdk extension of files and is used by VMware and VirtualBox virtual machines. VMDK is a virtual machine disk file format, which is the open format developed by VMware. Related link: Improving operating system or application performance within the VM.DISCOVER SOLUTION How the Data is Stored in VMDK Files For Windows VMs, see Installing and upgrading VMware Tools on Windows VMs.For Linux VMs, see Installing and upgrading VMware Tools on Linux VMs.If you don’t have mouse control in the VM, use the Tab, Spacebar, Enter, and arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate the UI.Īfter the OS setup is complete, install VMware Tools to enable full keyboard and mouse functionality. Install the OS using the vendor instructions (which vary, depending on the OS). The VM should boot from the ISO you inserted. In the Boot Menu, select the option to boot from the CD-ROM Drive. If you lose control over the mouse or keyboard during this process, click in the browser window and reboot the VM to try again. When the VM starts to reboot, and while the VMware startup screen is displayed, press Esc on your local keyboard to enter the Boot Menu. There is no OS loaded yet, so the VM won’t boot.Ĭlick Ctrl-Alt-Del in the browser client toolbar to reboot the VM. If you restart the VM, it will revert to its normal boot order.Ĭlick on the thumbnail image of the VM desktop to open the Secure Remote Access (SRA) browser client This temporarily changes the boot order for the VM so that it starts from the CD-ROM drive. Use the Boot Menu inside the VM to boot the VM from the CD-ROM Drive: Assets appear as a pop-up window select the appropriate ISO asset and click ( Load ISO) (see Using ISO files for an illustration of this process).If the VM isn’t already running, click ( Run this VM) to start the VM.Ĭlick ( Load ISO) at the bottom of the VM.Upload the ISO to the same region as the VM. This allows you to later mount the ISO in the VM CD/DVD drive.įor instructions, see Uploading files to the Assets page. Upload the ISO to your Skytap Assets page. Make sure the VM has enough resources to support the operating system. (Optional) Click ( Settings) at the bottom of the VM to adjust the CPUs, RAM, and virtual disks on the VM Hardware Settings page.Click ( Deploy) to create the empty environment.The Deploy a New Environment dialog displays. Locate a VM with the appropriate empty image OS (Windows or Linux), and click ( New Environment).Type “empty” in the search field to display all empty images.In the navigation bar, click Environments > Templates.Ĭlick the Skytap tab in the left column to display the public templates. Create an environment from an empty template

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