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you need to register the VM. The process of registering the VM adds it to the vCenter Server (or
ESXi host) inventory and allows you to then manage the VM.
Perform the following steps to add (or register) an existing VM into the inventory:
1. Use the vSphere Web Client to connect to a vCenter Server instance or use the vSphere
Client to connect to an individual ESXi host.
2. A VM can be registered from a number of different views within the vSphere Web Client.
The Storage inventory view, though, is probably the most logical place to do it. Navigate
to the Storage inventory view by using the menu bar or the navigation bar.
3. Right-click the datastore containing the VM you want to register. From the context menu,
select Register VM as shown in Figure 9.22.
4. Use the i le browser to navigate to the folder where the VMX i le for the VM resides.
Select the correct VMX i le and click OK.
Figure 9.22
You invoke
the Register
Virtual Machine
Wizard by right-
clicking the datas-
tore and selecting
Register VM.
5. The Register Virtual Machine Wizard prepopulates the name of the VM. It does this by
reading the contents of the VMX i le. Accept the name or type a new one; then select a
logical location within the inventory and click Next.
6. Choose the cluster on which you'd like to run this VM and click Next.
7. If you selected a cluster for which VMware DRS is not enabled or is set to Manual, you
must also select the specii c host on which the VM will run. Choose a specii c host and
click Next.
8. Review the settings. If everything is correct, click Finish; otherwise, use the hyperlinks
on the left side of the wizard or the Back button to go back and make any necessary
changes.
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