Quickstart - Consume VMware VMs on Azure

To create a virtual machine in the Azure portal, use virtual machine templates that your CloudSimple administrator has enabled for your subscription. The VM templates are found in the VMware infrastructure.

CloudSimple VM creation on Azure requires a VM template

Create a virtual machine on your Private Cloud from the vCenter UI. To create a template, follow the instructions in Clone a Virtual Machine to a Template in the vSphere Web Client. Store the VM template on your Private Cloud vCenter.

Create a virtual machine in the Azure portal

1. Select All services.

2. Search for CloudSimple Virtual Machines.

3. Click Add.

   

4. Enter basic information and click Next:Size.

   

   Field	Description
   Subscription	Azure subscription associated with your Private Cloud.
   Resource Group	Resource group to which the VM will be assigned. You can select an existing group or create a new one.
   Name	Name to identify the VM.
   Location	Azure region in which this VM is hosted.
   Private Cloud	CloudSimple Private Cloud where you want to create the virtual machine.
   Resource Pool	Mapped resource pool for the VM. Select from the available resource pools.
   vSphere Template	vSphere template for the VM.
   User name	User name of the VM administrator (for Windows templates).
   Password	Password for the VM administrator (for Windows templates).
   Confirm password	Confirm the password.

5. Select the number of cores and memory capacity for the VM and click Next:Configurations. Select the checkbox if you want to expose full CPU virtualization to the guest operating system. Applications that require hardware virtualization can run on virtual machines without binary translation or paravirtualization. For more information, see the VMware article Expose VMware Hardware Assisted Virtualization.

   

6. Configure network interfaces and disks as described in the following tables and click Review + create.

   

   For network interfaces, click Add network interface and configure the following settings.

   Control	Description
   Name	Enter a name to identify the interface.
   Network	Select from the list of configured distributed port group in your Private Cloud vSphere.
   Adapter	Select a vSphere adaptor from the list of available types configured for the VM. For more information, see the VMware knowledge base article Choosing a network adapter for your virtual machine.
   Power on at Boot	Choose whether to enable the NIC hardware when the VM is booted. The default is Enable.

   For disks, click Add disk and configure the following settings.

   Item	Description
   Name	Enter a name to identify the disk.
   Size	Select one of the available sizes.
   SCSI Controller	Select a SCSI controller for the disk.
   Mode	Determines how the disk participates in snapshots. Choose one of these options: - Independent persistent: All data written to the disk is written permanently. - Independent non-persistent: Changes written to the disk are discarded when you power off or reset the virtual machine. Independent non-persistent mode allows you to always restart the VM in the same state. For more information, see the VMware documentation.

7. When validation completes, review the settings and click Create. To make any changes, click the tabs at the top or click.

   

Next steps

• View list of CloudSimple virtual machines
• Manage CloudSimple virtual machine from Azure