Select a Virtual Machine/Template Panel

InstallAnywhere 2021 SP1 » Choose a VM Wizard

Use the Select a Virtual Machine/Template panel to indicate which virtual machine, snapshot, or template you want to use for your VMware vSphere/vCenter virtual appliance.The settings that are available on this panel are:

Select a Virtual Machine/Template Panel Settings

Setting

Description

An InstallAnywhere VM template

If you want to use a VM template for your virtual appliance, select this option.

To learn more, see Obtaining VM Templates for Virtual Appliances.

A VM running on an existing VMware vSphere/vCenter 5 server

If you want to use a VM that is running on an existing VMware vSphere 5 or VMware vCenter 5 server for your virtual appliance, select this option.

Note the following requirements for the VM:

• SSH should be configured and running on this machine.
• The SSH credentials that are specified should have root credentials on this machine.
• VMware Tools should already be installed on this VM.

A VM snapshot running on an existing VMware vSphere/vCenter 5 server

If you want to use a VM snapshot that is running on an existing VMware vSphere 5 or VMware vCenter 5 server for your virtual appliance, select this option.

Note the following requirements for the VM snapshot:

• SSH should be configured and running on this machine.
• The SSH credentials that are specified should have root credentials on this machine.
• VMware Tools should already be installed on this VM snapshot.

Select InstallAnywhere VM Template

This setting is available if you select the An InstallAnywhere VM template option.

This setting lists the VM templates that are available on your machine. To learn more, see Obtaining VM Templates for Virtual Appliances.

Selected VM from Tree

This setting is available if you select the A VM running on an existing VMware vSphere/vCenter 5 server option or the A VM snapshot running on an existing VMware vSphere/vCenter 5 server option.

This setting shows the VM or VM snapshot that is selected in the list of vSphere/vCenter servers and their corresponding VMs in the box below this setting. The VMs in the box below this setting are the VMs that are available on the server that is specified in the Connection Settings area of the project (Build page > Build Appliances view > Appliance Configuration tab).

See Also

Choose a VM Wizard