Ordering virtual machines#
This section provides information about ordering virtual machines.
Virtual machine OS images#
Rackspace provides you with all the base images for all your VMs. The following is a list of supported virtual machine operating systems for Hyper-V:
- Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
- Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
- CentOS 6.7
- CentOS 7
- Ubuntu® 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- RHEL 6.7
- RHEL 7
Create a new managed virtual machine#
Create a support ticket to request a new managed virtual machine. Rackspace requests the following configuration details to ensure the VM is deployed to your specification:
- Name
- OS type
- vCPU count
- RAM size
- Disks
- VLAN/Segment
- Requested IP
- File level backups (Yes/No)
- Customer domain
See the Additional Resources section for a video on how the Rackspace Microsoft Hyper-V support team creates virtual machines.
Create a new unmanaged virtual machine#
The
New-VM
cmdlet creates a virtual machine. Use the following commands to create a virtual machine by using PowerShell:New-VM -Name "<name>" -MemoryStartupBytes <size> -NewVHDPath <path>
Note
-NewVHDPath
,-NewVHDSizeBytes
and-VHDPath
are required parameters when running this command. For more information, see the PowerShell documentation forNew-VM
.Use the following instructions to create a virtual machine by using the Management Virtual Machine (VM):
In the Management VM, click
Action
>New
>Virtual Machine
to open theNew Virtual Machine Wizard
.Review the
Before You Begin
page and clickNext
.Assign an appropriate name to the virtual machine.
Ensure that the name you assign is under 15 characters.
Choose a location where you want to store the virtual machine files or choose the default location, and then click
Next
.Select either Windows Server 2012 R2(v1) or Windows Server 2016(v2) as the generation, and then click
Next
.Select 2048 MB for the
Startup Memory
value and leaveUse Dynamic Memory
selected, and then clickNext
.On the
Configure Networking
wizard, select a virtual switch for the virtual machine and then clickNext
.Give the virtual hard drive a name, select a location or keep the default, and specify a size. Then click
Next
.On the
Installation Options
wizard, selectInstall
an operating system from a bootable image file and then select an operating system.iso
file. ClickNext
.Review the virtual machine details and then click
Finish
.