In the Virtual Hardware tab of the Customize hardware page, configure the main and the additional disks.

To configure the disks

  1. In CPU, select the number of cores recommended in Machine requirements
  2. In Memory, select the RAM size recommended in Machine requirements.
  3. In New Hard disk:
    • Select at least 1 TiB for the main disk, as explained in Machine requirements.
    • Set Virtual Device Node to New SCSI controller.
  4. In New SCSI controller, set Change Type to VMware Paravirtual.
  5. In New CD/DVD Drive:
    • Select the location of the ISO file.
    • Check the Connect At Power On box.
  6. Click ADD NEW DEVICE and select Hard disk to add the additional disk.
  7. In New Hard disk 2:
    • Assign at least 15 GiB for the additional disk, as recommended in Machine requirements.
    • Set Disk Provisioning to Thick Provision Eager Zeroed.
    • Set Virtual Device Node to New SCSI controller.