ADD A VIRTUAL MACHINE TO VMWARE WORKSTATION (LOCAL SERVER)

 

If you already have a virtual machine imported into VMware Workstation, go to the next section of this document.

 

Download or copy of a virtual machine ISO to your local computer. In this example, TinyCore Linux is used. This is a recommended lightweight Linux distribution:

 

Download link:http://tinycorelinux.net/downloads.html

 

ISO on local PC:

 

In VMware Workstation, click File and then New Virtual Machine:

 

 

 

Follow the VMware Wizard to import create the new virtual machine. In the first step, select Typical and then click Next > :

 

Point to the ISO file downloaded and click Next > :

 

 

Select Linux as the Guest operating system and Ubuntu as the Version and then click Next >:

        

 

Name the VM and change the default Location if you want to. In this example the VM is called TinyCore-Local-VMware and the default Location is used. Then click Next >:

 

Specify the amount of disk space required by your virtual machine. In this example only 1 GB is allocated. Then click Next >:

 

 

Click Customize Hardware:

        

 

Customize the hardware of the VM as required. In this example only 96 MB of RAM is required for the VM. Once the required changes have been completed, click Close:

        

 

 

To complete the VM import, click Finish:

 

 

The VM is now available in VMware Workstation:

 

Power on the virtual machine in VMware Workstation:

 

Install the operating system as required. TinyCore Linux does not require this and is booted to RAM by selecting Boot TinyCore:

 

Complete any operating system installation setup as required. In this example, TinyCore simply boots up and no configuration is required:

 

Once install is completed, shut down the virtual machine:

 

You are now ready to integrate the new VM with GNS3.