Specifications

Basic System Administration
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 TheMicrosoftSyspreptoolsareinstalledontheVirtualCenterserver.
 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),
mustbeonthesamevirtualdisk.
MicrosoftSyspreptoolshavecertainrequirementsand
imposecertainrestrictionson
thesourcemachine.SeetheMicrosoftSysprepdocumentationforadditional
information.
Linux Requirements for Guest Customization
GuestcustomizationofaLinuxguestoperatingsystemcanoccurif: (S EE U PDATE )
 ThecloneortemplatehasoneofthefollowingLinuxversionsinstalled:
 RedHatEnterpriseLinuxASversions2through5(including64‐bitversions)
 RedHatApplicationServerversions2through5(including64‐bitversions)
 SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer8,9,or10
 ThemostrecentversionofVMwareToolsisinstalledintheguestoperating
system.
 Thecloneortemplatehasarootvolumeformattedwithanext2,ext3,orReiserFS
filesystem.
Customizing a Windows Guest Operating System
Thecustomizingprocessvaries,dependingupontheguestoperatingsystemtobeused
inthenewvirtualmachine.TocustomizeaWindowsoperatingsystemwhile
deployingatemplateorcloningavirtualmachine,performthefollowingsteps.
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OTECustomizationforRedHatLinuxversion4andgreaterandSUSE
LINUXEnterpriseServerversion9andgreaterissupportedonlyonhosts
runningESXServer3.5andgreaterorESXServer3iversion3.5andgreater.