In this chapter, we covered basic operations with a virtual machine, such as creation, provisioning, installation in VMs, creating clones/templates, and so on. We read and understood that there are multiple ways of creating a virtual machine and one can pick any of these as per his requirements. We also learned about various configuration parameters for a virtual machine, and how to provision a virtual machine. In addition, we learned about installing operating system on virtual machines and configuring it. The chapter also covered a step by step process of creating templates and clones.

In next chapter, we will cover network management in a VMware virtual infrastructure. We will cover and understand various virtual network components, virtual switches, and virtual ports. The following screenshots shows the menu item in vSphere Web Client for deploying virtual machines from templates.