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ForWindowsguestoperatingsystems:Ifthevirtualmachineresidesonahost
runningESXServer3.0.xorearlier,boththeactivepartition(thepartition
containingboot.ini)andthesystempartition(thepartitioncontainingthe
systemdirectory,forexample,\WINNTor\WINDOWS),areonthesamevirtualdisk
and
attachedtheSCSI0:0virtualSCSInode.
ForLinuxguests:IfthevirtualmachineresidesonahostrunningESXServer3.0.x
orearlier,thevirtualdiskcontainingthesystempartition(thepartitioncontaining
the/etcdirectory)mustresideontheSCSI0:0node.
 32‐bitor64‐bithardwarecorrespondingtothe32‐bitor64‐bitoperatingsystem
beinginstalled.
Windows Requirements for Guest Customization
GuestcustomizationofaWindowsguestoperatingsystemcanoccurif:
 Theguestoperatingsystemisnotaprimaryorbackupdomaincontroller.
 ThecloneortemplatehasoneofthefollowingWindowsversionsinstalled:
 Windows2000Server,AdvancedServer,orProfessional(including64‐bit
versions)
 WindowsXPProfessional(including64‐bitversions)
 WindowsServer2003,Web,Standard,orEnterpriseEditions(including64‐bit
versions)
 WindowsVista(including64‐bitversions)
 ThemostrecentversionofVMwareToolsisinstalledintheguestoperating
system.
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OTEItisnotarequirementthatactiveandsystempartitionsbethesame
partition.
NOTEWindowsXPHomeorWindowsNT4operatingsystemguest
customizationisnotsupported.WindowsVistacustomizationissupportedonly
onhostsrunningESXServer3.5andgreaterorESXServer3iversion3.5and
greater.