The information in this page provides a walk-through of the process you will need to follow in order to create a development VM for DPOD.

1. Using the vSphere client, create a new virtual machine, selecting the “Typical” configuration.
2. Provide a name for your new virtual machine (Any name will do)
3. Select the data store for the new virtual machine (the one planned for Disk 1). Consult Operating System (OS) to ensure it has enough free space.
4. Select the guest operating system  “linux -> CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64bit)”.
5. Choose the number of network interfaces as described in the Network Requirements section. Ensure to check the "connect on power on" checkbox. (Note: DPOD is normally tested with Adapter type "VMXNET 3")
   
6. Configure the OS disk (It is recommended to select Thick Provision Eager Zeroed). Ensure to check the "edit the virtual machine settings before completion" checkbox at the bottom of the page and press "continue".

7. If no errors encountered, the Virtual Machine Properties Dialog should display. Perform the following steps:

   1. Remove the floppy disk

   2. Add a new disk for product installation (Disk 2) with enough space as described in the prerequisites section.

      1. Thick Provision Eager Zeroed recommended
      2. In Disk Advanced Options – set this disk to Independent and Persistent.

   3. Add new disk for data with space as described in the prerequisites section.

      1. Thick Provision Eager Zeroed recommended
      2. To achieve the best performance, ensure the disk is on a dedicated datastore. As this is your database storage, it should be as fast as possible.
      3. In Disk Advanced Options – set this disk to Independent and Persistent.

8. Configure the virtual machine memory as described in the prerequisites section.

9. Configure the virtual machine cores as described in the prerequisites section.

10. Reserve storage by changing disks shares to "High":

    

11. Reserve CPU as much as possible: 

    

12. Reserve memory as much as possible but no less than 20% from Guest allocation.
    

13. The DPOD installation is performed by booting an ISO image from CD/DVD. You will therefore need to configure the VM with CD/DVD:

    1. In The Virtual Machine Properties dialog choose new CD/DVD.
    2. You can use one of the 3 following options to connect to the ISO file:

       1. Upload the ISO to the ESXi. Select "Datastore ISO file" from the right panel and choose the datastore that has the DPOD All-In-One ISO file.

       2. Use the host (ESXi) device so ask your ESXi administrator to put the DPOD All-In-One DVD in the DVD Drive.

       3. Use your DVD in your Desktop where vSphere Client installed by choosing Client Device.

    3. Ensure to check the  "connect at power on" checkbox.