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Introduction to guest operating system definitions
When you create a VM template, to enable VMware hypervisors to correctly configure VMs from the template, specify the guest operating system type and version. In an OVF file that describes a VM template, you can specify the operating system using the CIM standard ID number and a version number. CIM means "common information model" and DMTF maintains this standard. The main website for DMTF's CIM standard is https://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/. The DMTF issues new versions periodically.
Hypervisors have their own lists of supported operating systems, for example, VMware has the VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier, which you can find in the VMware documentation.
How the multi-cloud platform uses the guest operating system
When you upload an OVA file into the Abiquo cloud platform, it will automatically read the operating system type and version from the OVF. Abiquo interprets the CIM numeric codes. But you can also edit the VM template in the catalog and set the guest operating system type and version. The multi-cloud platform also uses the guest operating system type to display an appropriate icon and you can configure the icon files for each OS type.
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For a table of the values to use to define the resulting operating systems, see Guest operating system definition for VMware.
Deploy a Windows 10 64-bit VM on ESXi 6.0+
To deploy a virtual machine with a Windows 10 64-bit guest operating system on ESXi 6.0+, set the following values are set in the Operating System Section of the OVF file or the OVA.
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Deploy a Windows 10 Server VM on ESXi 6.0+
To deploy a virtual machine with a Windows 10 Server guest operating system on ESXi 6.X+, set the following values in the OVF file.
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Deploy a CentOS 64-bit VM on ESX 6.7+
To configure a CentOS 8 64-bit guest operating system, in the OVF file, you can configure the OperatingSystemSection as follows:
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The template definition will deploy on ESXi 6.7+ as the following OS type.
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Deploy a Windows 2019 64-bit Server on ESXi 7.0+
To define a VM with a Windows 2019 server 64-bit guest operating system on ESXi 7.0+, when you create or edit a template, select the OS type of WINDOWS and enter 2019 as the version. Abiquo 5.1.2+ will create the following template in the catalog.
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