Intuitive GUI for creating and managing hosts and virtual machines

A computer-implemented method for creating a virtual machine in a hyper-converged computing device supporting a virtualization infrastructure via a graphical user-interface, comprising:

• displaying in a first portion of said graphical user-interface, a first set of options for creating a virtual machine, wherein said first set of options comprises:
• uploading a new image of said virtual machine or mounting said new image of said virtual machine;
• and
• displaying in a second portion of said graphical user-interface, a second set of options for creating said virtual machine, wherein said second set of options comprises:
• reusing an existing image of said virtual machine, wherein said first portion and said second portion are displayed concurrently and in proximity to one another;
• wherein said hyper-converged computing device comprises:
• a plurality of independent server nodes each comprising:
• a central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage, wherein said plurality of independent server nodes is configured to deploy and host a plurality of virtual machines;
• a software module comprising a centralized management tool for providing central management of said plurality of virtual machines, said software module installed within at least one independent server node of said plurality of independent server nodes, said software module comprising a hypervisor supporting a virtual machine execution space for instantiating a virtual machine within said at least one independent server node;
• and
• a single enclosure comprising said plurality of independent server nodes.