Creates a guest virtual machine (VM) from a disk image file.
| vm | Designates creating a virtual machine. |
| vm_name | Specifies the VM name. |
| image | Designates using a disk image file to create the VM. |
| image_file | Specifies the disk image file to use. |
| memory | Designates specifying the amount of RAM allocated to the VM. |
| memory_size | Specifies the amount of RAM (in MB) allocated to the VM. The default is 4,096. |
| cpus | Designates specifying the number of CPUs to allocate to the VM. |
| num_cpus | Specifies the number of CPUs to allocate to the VM. Range is 1–2. The default is 1. |
The default memory size to run the VM on is 4,096 MB.
The default number of CPUs to allocate to the VM is one.
The disk image must be a QEMU-compatible qcow2 file.
If the VM storage device has not been initialized when this command is run, you are prompted to run the clear vm storage command to initiate partitioning, file system creation, and initialization of the file/directory structure on the device.
The Extreme Insight feature requires the Solid State Storage Device SSD-120.
The following example creates a VM called "vm1" with disk image file "my_file" with 2,000 MB as the amount of RAM allocated to the VM:
# create vm vm1 image my_file memory 2000
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 30.3
This command is available on the ExtremeSwitching X465-24MU and X465-24MU-24W switches with a Core license.
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