Specify the Instant Virtual Machine Details

From the Virtual Machine Settings screen, specify the details about instant virtual machine and create Instant VM.

Follow these steps:

  1. Specify the following details:

    2. VM name

    Specifies the name of the Instant VM. The name of the source node with a prefix is the default name of the Instant VM. In the name, you cannot some special characters. For example, ‘@’, ‘\’ and so on.

    Description

    (Optional) Specifies the description of the Instant VM.

  2. Specify the Nutanix Container from the Nutanix AHV cluster.
  3. Specify Instant VM settings.

    4. CPU Count

    Specifies the number of CPU that you would require in the Instant VM.

    Memory Size

    Specifies the size of memory that you require in the Instant VM.

  4. Perform the following steps to add network adapters:

    5. Note: For a Linux Instant VM, you can use at least one virtual NIC to connect to the Linux Backup server.

    1. From Network Adapters, click Add an Adapter.

      2. Add Network Adapter screen appears.

    2. Specify the details of the network. For example, specify the Virtual Network and TCP/IP Settings. If you want to specify the IP address of the Instant VM, you can click Add an Address and select the address you want to configure.
    3. Click OK to close Add Network Adapter screen..
  5. Perform the following steps to modify the Instant Virtual Machine hostname:
    1. Select the Change Host Name check box to update the host name of the Instant Virtual Machine.
    2. Specify a New Host Name for the Instant Virtual Machine. If the source machine is in a domain, provide the User Account and password.

      3. Note: If the source machine is in a domain, the account should have the permission to change the hostname in domain.

  6. (Optional) For Linux Instant VM, select the Recover data automatically after Instant VM is started option to enable the automatic recovery of data when the instant VM target is started.

    7. The default behavior of Linux Instant VM is to recover the necessary data first and start the VM. If the option is not selected, then when the VM starts the remaining data is not recovered even if used as a normal VM. If the option is enabled, the remaining data is recovered at the backend when you are using the VM. You can also preserve the Instant VM target permanently when the data recovery is finished. Now, you can submit the job.

  7. Click Finish.
  8. You can view the message The system is ready to use now.
  9. The Instant VM is successfully created. You can check IVM job activity log from the job monitor.