Create a virtual machine on VMWare ESXi

Configuration

Select Custom.

Name and Location

Type a name for your virtual machine.

Resource Pool

Select a resource pool within which you wish to run your virtual machine.

Storage

Select a location where you'd want to store your virtual machine.

Virtual Machine Version

Select a virtual machine version to use.

Guest Operating System

Select the operating system and its version that you plan to install on this virtual machine.

CPUs

Select the number of CPUs for your virtual machine. We recommend you use the default values.

Memory

Select an appropriate RAM size for your virtual machine.

Network

Select the number of network cards for the virtual machine and choose what network it can connect to. We recommend you choose E1000 virtual NIC.

SCSI Controller

Select LSI Logic SAS.

Select a Disk

Select Create a new virtual disk.

Create a disk

Set an appropriate disk space, then select Thin Provision.

Advanced Options

In Virtual Device Node, select IDE (0:0).

Ready to Complete

Review the settings you of your new virtual machine.

Select Edit the virtual machine settings before, then click Continue.