Specifications
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5.3.1 Preparing for Guest Operating System Customization
When you deploy a new virtual machine from a template or clone an existing virtual machine, you have the
opportunity to customize the new guest operating system. The Guest Customization wizard guides you
through the configuration options. Guest Optimization wizard will be invoked as part of the VM cloning
process.
Before you run the Guest Customization wizard, if you intend to perform a guest customization, do the
following:
Verify that your system meets the guest customization requirements.
Install the required components on the Windows machine where VirtualCenter is installed.
Note: Our discussion in this section is focused on Windows Server 2003 EE SP1 used as the guest
OS in our lab deployment. Refer to the VMware documentation for other guest OS requirements.
The Windows guest OS environment is customized using “Sysprep” utility tools. This can be obtained either
from the Microsoft website or from the Windows OS installation CD.
Make sure to create the following directory structure on the VirtualCenter machine where you will be creating
clones and templates.
Locate where VirtualCenter 2 was installed on the system.
For example: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter 2\
Under this directory, go to “resources” folder. Create (if it does not exist already) a folder called “windows”.
Under windows, create folder “sysprep” and under “sysprep”, create folder “svr2003”.
The final destination for the “sysprep” tools is:
C:\program files\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter 2\resources\windows\sysprep\svr2003.
If you are running Windows XP or Windows 2000, then the corresponding directory would be
…\resources\windows\sysprep\2k\
...\resources\windows\sysprep\xp\
Go to the OS installation CD.
1. Locate the DEPLOY.CAB file in the directory \support\tools
2. Open and expand the DEPLOY.CAB file using a tool such as winzip.exe or another tool capable of
reading Microsoft CAB files.
3. Extract the files to the directory appropriate to your guest operating system.
Ex: C:\program files\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter 2\resources\windows\sysprep\svr2003
After you have extracted the files from DEPLOY.CAB, you should see: