Step 2: Adding more VMs to your environment

AIX support in Skytap walk-through

To complete this section, you must first finish Step 1: Creating your first AIX environment.

Now that your first environment is created, add a second Power A CPU architecture that supports IBM i, AIX, and Linux (on Power) in Skytap. VM by making a copy of the VM that’s already in the environment, and then add a third, x86 The most common CPU architecture. x86 CPUs support Windows and Linux VMs in Skytap. VM.

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Make a copy of the AIX VM

To make a copy of the VM

In the Environment Details page, click Add VMs. The Environments tab of the Add VMs dialog displays.
Click the My tab, and then select AIX-Beta-1 (the environment you just created). Details for the VM display.
Click (Add VMs). A copy of AIX-1 is added to the environment.
In the VM tile of the new VM, click (Edit VM name). The Rename VM dialog displays.
In the VM name field, type AIX-2.
Click Save. The name of the second Power VM changes in the Environment Details page.

Change the VM hardware settings

To change the CPU for the AIX-2 VM

Navigate to the VM Settings > Hardware page.

Where is that?
1. Navigate to the environment that contains the VM you want to edit.
2. Click (Settings).
  
  If the Settings button isn’t visible, you don’t have permission to edit the VM settings. Work with your instructor or Skytap administrator to edit these settings.
3. The Hardware tab of the VM Settings page displays.
Click the CPUs dropdown menu and select 1.
Click Save.
Click (Back to Environment).

Add a Linux VM

To add an x86-based Linux VM

In the Environment Details page, click (Add VMs). The Environments tab of the Add VMs dialog displays.
Click the Templates tab, and then select Skytap.
In the Search box, type Ubuntu 16. A list of Ubuntu 16 templates displays.
Select the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server - 64 bit.
Click (Add VMs). Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server - 64 bit is added to the environment

Rename the Linux VM

To change the name of the Linux VM

In the VM tile of the new VM, click (Edit VM name). The Rename VM dialog displays.
In the VM name field, type Linux-1.
Click Save. The name of the VM changes in the Environment Details page.

Next: Continue to Step 3: Accessing the environment.