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Server consolidation with the Dell PowerEdge M620
g. Click Finish.
Configuring the external volumes
1. In the vSphere client, select the host.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Click Storage, and click Add Storage…
4. Choose Disk/LUN.
5. Select the disk, and click Next.
6. Accept the default of VMFS-5 for the file system.
7. Review the disk layout, and click Next.
8. Enter the datastore name, and click Next.
9. Accept the default of using maximum capacity, and click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. Repeat steps 3 through 10 for the remaining LUNs.
Creating the first VM
1. In the vSphere client, connect to the ESXi host.
2. Click the Virtual Machines tab.
3. Right-click, and choose New Virtual Machine.
4. Choose Custom, and click Next.
5. Assign a name to the virtual machine, and click Next.
6. Select the first assigned OS Datastore on the external storage, and click Next.
7. Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next.
8. Choose Windows, and choose Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit), and click Next.
9. Choose 1 virtual socket, and 8 virtual processors per core, and click Next.
10. Choose 12GB RAM, and click Next.
11. Click 1 for the number of NICs, select vmxnet3, and click Next.
12. Leave the default virtual storage controller, and click Next.
13. Choose to create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
14. Make the OS virtual disk size 30 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, specify the OS datastore on the
external storage, and click Next.
15. Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next.
16. Click Finish.
17. Right-click the VM, and choose Edit Settings.
18. On the Hardware tab, click Add…
19. Click Hard Disk, and click Next.
20. Click Create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
21. Specify 30GB for the virtual disk size, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, and specify the DB datastore.
22. Choose SCSI(1:0) for the device node, and click Next.
23. On the Hardware tab, click Add…
24. Click Hard Disk, and click Next.
25. Click Create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
26. Specify 30GB for the virtual disk size, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, and specify the Logs datastore.
27. Choose SCSI(1:1) for the device node, and click Next.
28. Click SCSI Controller 1, and choose Change Type.
29. Choose VMware Paravirtual, and click OK.
30. Click Finish, and click OK.
31. Start the VM.
32. Attach the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 ISO image to the VM and install Windows Server 2008 R2 on your VM.
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