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• Logging into the VM Orchestrator
• Upload Windows ISO into the Orchestrator
• Create Blank VM
• VM Dashboard

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Prepare a Windows Virtual Machine for use as a dedicated PC for the Conference

A unique feature of the Thinsy Virtual Conference system is the use of a Windows Virtual PC, and not the Moderator’s PC, as the conference desktop. This ensures that the Moderator’s private documents, Email, IM etc. are not exposed to the Conference participants.

In this step you will create a blank Virtual Machine, install Windows in it, and install any other software that might be useful for your Organization’s Conference Moderators

You will need a Windows Boot CD ISO Image for this step.

Logging into the EnSpeed VM Orchestrator (VM Management Server)

In the previous step you installed the Virtualization Software on your x86 server. The Virtualization software is managed using the Web based management server called the “EnSpeed VM Orchestrator”

Point a java enabled browser at the URL displayed on the Thinsy Virtual Conference server’s console, and you will see the following screen

Use the default username .admin. and default password .admin. to log into the Orchestrator.

Click here to read the detailed EnSpeed VM Orchestrator User Guide, or proceed to follow the concise instructions included below in order to create your Windows Virtual Machine

Uploading Windows Boot ISO into the Orchestrator

Click on the “Library Mgmt” tab (1) first, and then click on the “Upload New ISO” link (2) as pointed out in the screen capture above.

Choose the ISO image file on your local computer, and upload it into the Orchestrator.

Create Blank VM Using Newly uploaded ISO Image as CDROM

Click on the “Virtual Machines” tab (1) first, and then click on the “Create Blank VM” link (2) as pointed out in the screen capture above.

Fill out the form items using the following as a guideline

• Virtual Machine Name This example uses “ConfXP”. Remeber this VM Name for use in configuring the Media Controller later on
• VMM Vendor Type Leave this unchanged as Xen
• ISO Image to use as CDROM Enter the name of the ISO Image you just uploaded
• Virtual Disk 0 Size in MB This example shows 8192 (8GB) as the VM Disk 0, i.e. C Drive. Values between 4 and 32 GB are nominal
• Virtual Disk 1 Size in MB This example configures the Windows VM with just one disk
• Virtual Disk 2 Size in MB This example configures the Windows VM with just one disk
• VMM Server/Mountpoint The dropdown should have only one entry. Use it. If you have multiple VM Servers managed by this VM Orchestrator, you would be able to choose the VMM to locate this VM on.
• Memory for VM in MB In this example, we have used 1024MB. Values from 256 to 2048 will work.

Click the “Create VM” button, and the Orchestrator will proceed to create a VM with a blank hard disk of 8GB, a CDROM emulated using the Windows XP ISO image that you uploaded, and 1024MB of memory.

VM Dashboard

When the VM Creation is completed, go back to the “Virtual Machines” tab, and you will see a VM Brief Dashboard similar to the one show above. Button 1 brings up the VM’s graphical console, button 2 is power on, and button 3 is power off.

Power on the VM, and click on the “Console” button

Go through the steps to install Windows on the Virtual Machine

Once the Windows VM reboots, you are ready for the next step, i.e. configuring the Thinsy Media Controller