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+Title: Creating Base Images from an ISO
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+
+This page describes how to create a base image from an install media. These instructions are broken up into specific provisioning modules for (xCAT, VMware, and KVM).
+
+[TOC]
+
+###Requirements
+
+You will need the following:
+ 
+ - A working VCL web,database, and management node
+ - A Hypervisor either VMWare or KVM
+ - Install media
+ - Appropriate licensing for Windows or RedHat
+ 
+The following must be done before an image can be captured:
+
+ - A computer for the machine being captured has already been added to the VCL database
+ - VMware or KVM:
+    - A VM host computer on which the guest is running as been added to the VCL database
+    - The guest VM has been assigned to the VM host via the Virtual Hosts link on the VCL website
+
+
+These instructions assume you have root access and are using a bash shell.
+
+
+
+
+# **VMware ESXi 4.x** # {#VMware ESXi 4.x}
+
+The instructions assume that VMware has been configured with the following bridged networks:
+
+ - **Private**: bridged to private interface: eth0
+ - **Public**: bridged to public interface: eth1
+
+ - Launch the vSphere Client, connect to the ESXi host and login
+ - Click File > New > Virtual Machine
+ - Configuration: **Custom**
+ - Name: (doesn't matter)
+ - Select a datastore where the VM will reside
+ - Virtual Machine Version: **7**
+ - Select the appropriate guest OS
+ - Number of virtual processors: 1
+ - Memory: 1GB
+ - How many NICs: 2
+     - NIC 1: **Private**, E1000
+     - NIC 2: **Public**, E1000
+ - SCSI controller: LSI Logic Parallel
+ - Create a new virtual disk
+    - Disk Size: at least 30 GB
+    - Allocate and commit space on demand (Thin Provisioning): Yes
+    - Location: Store with the virtual machine
+    - Virtual Device Node: SCSI (0:0)
+    - Mode: Independent, Persistent
+ - Edit the virtual machine settings before completion: Yes
+ - Select the CD/DVD device
+    - Device Type: Datastore ISO File
+    - Click Browse and browse to an ISO file that has previously been copied to the datastore
+    - Connect at power on: Yes
+ - Click Finish
+
+# **VMware Server 2.x** # {#VMware Server 2.x}
+
+ - Open the VMware Infrastructure Web Access page:
+         https://<IP address or hostname>:8333
+ - Click the **Virtual Machine** menu
+ - Select Create **Virtual Machine**
+ - Name and Location
+    - Name: **Windows XP Base**
+    - Datastore: **standard** (This causes the VM to be created under /var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines)
+ - Guest Operating System
+    - Operating System: **Windows operating system**
+    - Version: **Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32-bit)**
+    - Product Compatibility: **4** (Optional - the hardware version can be set to the default value of 7 if you do not have any older VMware Server 1.x hosts in your environment)
+ - Memory and Processors
+    - Memory Size: **1024 MB**
+    - Processor Count: **1**
+ - Hard Disk
+    - Click **Create a New Virtual**
+          - Capacity: at least **20 GB** (This value can be adjusted to suit the size of the VMware host's disk. It is best to create the base image with a large enough hard drive to accomodate your largest image. The hard drive of a VM can be expanded but it is a manual, time-consuming process.)
+          - File Options
+                 - Allocate all disk space now: no
+                 - Split disk into 2 GB files: yes
+          - Disk Mode: **Independent/Persistent**
+ - Network Adapter
+    - Click **Add a Network Adapter**
+            - Network Connection: select the name of your **private** network
+ - CD/DVD Drive
+     - Click **Use an ISO**
+           - Select the Windows ISO image you copied to the host. The ISO file must reside in **/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines** in order to be able to select it from this interface.
+ - Don't Add a Floppy Drive
+ - Don't Add a USB
+ - Click **Finish**
+ - Select the VM from the Inventory pane
+ - Click **Add Hardware** on the right side of the page
+ - Select **Network Adapter**
+     - Network Connection: select the name of your **public** network
+ - Click Next > **Finish**
+
+
+# **KVM** # {#KVM }
+
+
+
+
+# **Bare Metal via xCAT** # {#xCAT}
+
+The requirement in this section is to have a working xCAT system.
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