1. create a directory under /data, use your username as the name of the directory.

2. go into that directory, create a directory called VM1, then create another directory called VM2.

3. go into that VM1 directory, run the following command: unzip /data/images/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit.zip

for example:

[jidongxiao@onyxnode112 images]$ unzip SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit.zip 
Archive:  SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit.zip
   creating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s001.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s002.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s003.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s004.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s005.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s006.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s007.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s008.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s009.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s010.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit-s011.vmdk  
  inflating: SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit.vmdk  
[jidongxiao@onyxnode112 images]$ 

4. go into that VM2 directory, run the above command again: unzip /data/images/SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit.zip

5. in both step 3 and 4, you should see a directory called SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit is generated.

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The following setting are for VM1 only.
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6. open VMware Player, select "Create a New Virtual Machine", select "I will install the operating system later" and click "Next"; select "Linux" (version: Ubuntu) and click "Next";

7. Name: Ubuntu; Location: click "Browse", and select that "SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit" directory you just generated.

8. click "Next", click "Next", click "Finish".

9. on the VMware Player main menu, select the "Ubuntu" - the VM you just created, click "Edit virtual machine settings", remove the existing Hard Disk - "Hard Disk (SCSI) - 20 GB", then press "Add"->"Hard Disk"->"SCSI"->"Use an existing virtual disk"-> Click "Browse", go to that "SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit" directory, and select "SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit.vmdk" as the disk - click "open"-> click "Finish". When asked "Convert existing virtual disk to newer format?", select "Keep Existing Format".

10. to ensure better performance, you might also change the memory from 1GB to 2GB.

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The following setting are for VM2 only.
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11. repeat step 6 to 10 for VM2, but make sure this time that "SEEDUbuntu-16.04-32bit" must be under your VM2 directory.

12. for VM2, on the "Options" tab, change Virtual Machine Name from "Ubuntu" to "Ubuntu2". Doing so will help you differentiate your two VMs.