Specifications

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Chapter 14 Customizing Guest Operating Systems
To customize a Windows guest operating system
TheGuestCustomizationwizardstartsindirectlyfromtheDeployTemplatewizardor
CloneVirtualMachinewizard,oryoucanstartthewizardbyselectingavirtual
machineandthenselectingEdit>CustomizationSpecifications.
1StarttheGuestCustomizationwizard.
2OntheRegistrationInformationpage,enterthevirtualmachineowner’sname
and
organization.ClickNext.
Thisinformationisforguestoperatingsystemregistrationpurposes.Itis
displayedintheguestoperatingsystemSystemProperties.IntheNamefield,you
canenterthenameofaperson,user,orgroup.
3OntheComputerNamepage,specifytheComputerNameforthevirtual
machine.Click
Next.
Thecomputernameisthenamegiventotheparticularinstanceofaguest
operatingsystem.Theoperatingsystemusesthisnametoidentifyitselfonthe
network.OnWindowssystems,itiscalledthecomputername.Onmostother
operatingsystems,itiscalledthehostname.This
isnotthesameasthevirtual
machinenamethatwasdeclaredearlierintheDeployTemplatewizardorClone
VirtualMachinewizard.Youcansetthecomputernameusingthefollowing
options:
 Useaspecificname–Thenamecancontainalphanumericcharactersandthe
underscore(_)andhyphen(‐)characters.Itcannotcontainperiods(.)or
blankspacesandcannotbemadeupofdigitsonly.Ifyouwanttoensurethat
thenameisuniquesothatyou
donotincurconflicts,selectAppendanumeric
valuetoensureuniqueness.Namesarecase‐insensitive:thenameʺmy_vmʺ
isidenticaltoʺMy_Vmʺ.
 Usethevirtualmachine’sname–ThecomputernamethatVirtualCenter
createsisidenticaltothenameofthevirtualmachineonwhichtheguest
operatingsystemisrunning.
 PrompttheuserforanameintheDeploywizard–TheVIClientpopulates
theDeployVirtualMachinewizardwithapromptforthecomputername
afteryoucompleteallthestepsinthewizard.
 UseacustomapplicationconfiguredwiththeVirtualCenterServerto
generateaname–Enteraparameterthatcanbepassedtothecustom
application.