Specifications

Basic System Administration
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6OntheDNSandDomainsettingspage,entertheIPaddressesfortheDNSservers.
SpecifytheDNSconnectionsbyenteringDNSsuffixes.ForeachDNSsuffixyou
enter,clickAdd.IfyouareaddingmultipleDNSconnections,useMoveUpand
MoveDowntospecifytheorderinwhich
avirtualmachineistousethe
connections.
7 (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filename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.
8ClickFinish.
VirtualCenterclosestheGuestCustomizationwizardandreturnsyoutothe
DeployTemplatewizardorCloneVirtualMachinewizard.
9ClickFinishtodeploythevirtualmachinefromthetemplateorcreatetheclone.
Using the Customization Specification Wizard
Thefollowingprocedurehelpsyousetupacustomizationspecificationthatcanbe
usedlatertocustomizeaguestoperatingsystem.
To start the Guest Customization wizard
1 ChooseEdit>CustomizationSpecifications.
TheCustomizationSpecificationManagerwindowappears.Fromhere,youcan
viewthepropertiesofaspecificationandcreate,edit,copy,delete,import,or
exportspecifications.
UsetheRefreshbuttontorefreshthedisplay.