Overview

Create and manage VMs in VergeOS, deploy from recipes and templates, configure GPU passthrough, and import VMs from VMware and other platforms.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Create and manage VMs in VergeOS using the UI and API
• Deploy VMs from recipes and templates to standardize provisioning workflows
• Configure GPU passthrough for specialized workloads (VDI, AI/ML, rendering)
• Import VMs from VMware and other platforms using built-in migration tools

Prerequisites

• Completion of Module 1: Architecture Fundamentals -- understanding of VergeOS platform architecture
• Completion of Module 4: Networking -- understanding of virtual networks and network configuration
• Completion of Module 5: Storage -- understanding of vSAN tiers and storage provisioning

Estimated Time

3 hours (1.5 hours reading + 1.5 hours lab)

Topics

• VM Creation & Lifecycle — Creating VMs, configuring CPU/memory/disk, managing VM lifecycle (start, stop, snapshot, clone), live migration between nodes, and HA failover.
• Recipes & Marketplace — Building reusable VM recipes for standardized deployments, organizing catalogs, Cloud-Init integration, and the VergeOS Marketplace.
• GPU & Device Passthrough — Configuring PCI, NVIDIA vGPU, SR-IOV NIC, and USB device passthrough using resource groups and resource rules.
• VM Migration & Import — Migrating workloads from VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, and physical machines using the VMware Connector, file uploads, NAS volumes, and the Clone Utility.
• Lab: Virtual Machine Operations — Create VMs, deploy from recipes, configure GPU passthrough, and import a VM from an external format.