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Chapter 14 Customizing Guest Operating Systems
Completing a Guest Operating System Customization
Thefinalcustomizationstepsoccurwhenthenewvirtualmachinebootsforthefirst
time.Aspartofthisprocess,themachinemightrebootanumberoftimes.The
customizationprocessdoesnotcompleteuntiltheguestoperatingsystemboots,runs
thefinalizationscripts,andreachestheloginpage.
If
thenewvirtualmachineencounterscustomizationerrorswhileitisbooting,the
errorsarereportedusingtheguest’ssystemloggingmechanism.InLinux,theseerrors
areloggedto/var/log/vmware/customization.log.InWindows,theyarewritten
to%WINDIR%\temp\vmware-imc.
Thestepsrequiredtofinalizeguestoperatingsystemcustomizationarecoveredinthe
followingsections:
 “CompletingLinuxGuestOperatingSystemCustomization”onpage 229
 “CompletingWindowsGuestOperatingSystemCustomization”onpage 229
Completing Linux Guest Operating System Customization
AcustomizedLinuxvirtualmachinedoesnotneedanyadditionalrebootingandis
operationalassoonastheloginpageappearsafterthefirstboot.Ifconfigurationerrors
occur,theyaredisplayedonthevirtualmachine’sconsolewindowwhiletheguest
operatingsystemisbooting.
Completing Windows Guest Operating System Customization
Whenacustomizedvirtualmachineispoweredonforthefirsttime,itsguestoperating
systemcompletesasetofoperationsthatfinalizesthecustomizationandconfiguration
process.Dependingontheguestoperatingsystemtype,thisprocessmightrequire
additionalrebooting,whichisautomaticallyperformed.
Afterpoweringonforthefirst
time,acustomizedWindowsvirtualmachine
automaticallyrebootsmultipletimestofinalizetheconfigurationprocess.Itbecomes
operationalwhentheloginpageappearsafterthesecondreboot.Thisprocesscantake
severalminutes,dependingonthespeedandloadofthehost.Ifanyerrorsoccur
duringthefinalconfiguration
process,eventsareloggedtotheguestoperating
system’seventdatabase.Toviewtheseerrors,chooseStart>Program>Administrative
Tools>EventViewerfromtheWindowsStartmenu.