You can model a virtual system by creating a system within
a virtual image. Then, you can use that system to host applications
as though the system were a physical server.
Procedure
- Create units to represent the system on which the virtual
image runs, including the server, operating system, users, and user
groups. This system is the physical system, the system that will host virtual images.
- Add the virtualization.Hypervisor hosting capability to the physical system's operating system unit. This capability enables the operating system to host virtual images.
- Host a virtual image unit on the operating system unit. This unit is a container that defines the virtual system.
- As a member of the virtual image, create the virtual system,
including a server, operating system, users, user groups, and other
units. These units represent the virtual system.
- Add a Virtual Disk Definition unit and a Virtual Ethernet NIC Definition unit as hostees of the virtual image. These units represent the disk space and the network connection that the virtual image uses.
- Add an L2 Interface unit as a hostee of the virtual server. This unit represents the virtual server's network connection.
- Create a dependency link from the Virtual Ethernet NIC
Definition unit to the L2 Interface unit.
- Use the virtual server as you would use any other server. You can create a duplicate view of the server in the same topology or import the units into another topology.
Results
