Specifications

Basic System Administration
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10 OntheWorkgrouporDomainpage,completeoneofthesesteps:
 Tojoinaworkgroup,selectWorkgroup,typetheworkgroupname,andclick
Next.
 Tojoinadomain,selectWindowsServerDomain,specifytheusernameofa
userwhocanaddcomputerstotheWindowsdomain,andspecifytheuser’s
password.ClickNext.
11 OntheOperatingSystemOptionspage,selectGenerateNewSecurityID(SID)
togenerateanewsecurityIDforthe
virtualmachine.
12 ClickNext.
13 (Optional)OntheSaveSpecificationpage,savethecustomizedoptionsasan
.xmlfilebycompletingthesesteps:
a SelectSavethiscustomizationspecificationforlateruse.
bSpecifythenameforthespecification,andclickNext.
VirtualCentersavesthecustomizedconfigurationparametersintheVirtualCenter
database.Ifthecustomization
settingsaresaved,theadministrator,anddomain
administrator,passwordsarestoredinencryptedformatinthedatabase.Because
thecertificateusedtoencryptthepasswordsisuniquetoeachVirtualCenter
Server,reinstallingtheVirtualCenterServer,orattachinganewinstanceofthe
serverthedatabase,invalidatestheencryptedpasswords.The
passwordsmustbe
re‐enteredbeforetheycanbeused.
14 ClickFinishtosaveyourchangesandexittheGuestCustomizationwizard.
15 ClickFinishto deploythevirtualmachineandexittheDeployTemplatewizardor
CloneVirtualMachinewizard.
Customizing a Linux Guest Operating System
To customize a Linux guest operating system
YoucannotstarttheGuestCustomizationwizardfromamenuortoolbaroption.The
GuestCustomizationwizardstartsindirectlyfromtheDeployTemplatewizardor
CloneVirtualMachinewizard.
1StarttheGuestCustomizationwizard.
2OntheComputerNamepage,specifytheComputerNameandtheDomainName
forthevirtualmachine.
ClickNext.