3. Creating virtual machinesΒΆ

First, obtain the Acronis Cyber Infrastructure image here and unpack it. Next, upload the 2 VMDK files to the VMware vSphere datastore:

  1. In the Navigator panel, click the required datastore. Click Datastore browser on its toolbar.

  2. In the Datastore browser window, create a directory named after your virtual machine.

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  3. Upload the Acronis Cyber Infrastructure image (two VMDK files) to this directory.

Follow these steps to create a virtual machine for Acronis Cyber Infrastructure:

  1. In the Host Client, click Virtual Machines in the left menu.

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  2. Click Create / Register VM on the toolbar.

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  3. In the New virtual machine wizard, on step 1 select Create a new virtual machine. Click Next.

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  4. On step 2, enter a name for the virtual machine and select the guest OS. Click Next.

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  5. On step 3, select the storage type and datastore. Make sure the datastore has enough free space.

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  6. On step 4, remove the existing hard disk and click Add hard disk on the toolbar. Select Existing hard disk and browse to the image you uploaded to the datastore earlier. Click Select.

  7. Click Add hard disk on the toolbar again. Select New standard hard disk. Set its size to 200 GB. Repeat this step to add one more hard disk of 200 GB. All in all, you should have three hard disks: 35 GB, 200 GB, and 200 GB.

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  8. On the Customize settings window, click the Add network adapter on the toolbar. Make sure one adapter is connected to the public network, while the other is connected to the private port group you have created.

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  9. On step 5, check the configuration and click Finish.

  10. Select the virtual machine in the Navigator menu and start it.

Repeat these steps to create as many virtual machines as you need based on the desired scenario (refer to Requirements).