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Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware ESX Server
Create!“golden!master”!
(template)!virtual!
disks.
To!manage!ESX!Server!more!efficiently,!create!a!small!number!of!
“golden!master”!(template)!virtual!disks!for!easier!deployment.!
These!are!virtual!disks!that!have!complete!guest!operating!systems,!
installed!applications,!complete!management‐agent!installs,!virus!
detection!software,!complete!VMware!Tools!installs,!and!so!on.!
You!
can!import!the!disks!into!a!VMFS!volume!to!create!a!new!virtual!
machine.!
Be!sure!that!the!golden!master!has!the!tools!necessary!to!reset!
system!attributes!(hostname!and!IP!address,!NetBIOS!hostname,!
domain,!and!SID![Windows!operating!systems]!for!the!virtual!
machines!you!clone.!Also,!be!sure!that
!the!user!that!will!be!running!
the!newly!created!virtual!machine!has!the!appropriate!user!and!
group!permissions.
Use!the!File!Manager!in!the!VMware!Management!Interface!to!
import!the!“golden!master”!virtual!disks.!See!“Using!the!VMware!
Management!Interface!File!Manager”!on!page 141
.
Set!user!and!group!
permissions!for!the!
owner!of!a!virtual!
machine.
1Log!into!the!management!interface!and!click!Manage!Files.!
2Navigate!to!the!configuration!file!(.vmx)!of!the!virtual!machine.!
3 Select!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!file!check!box,!and!
click!Edit!Properties.!
4Choose!read,!write,!and!execute!properties!
for!the!owner!of!the!
virtual!machine.
5Choose!read!and!execute!privileges!for!the!owner’s!group,!and!
click!OK.!
Set!read!and!write!permissions!for!the!owner!on!the!virtual!
machine’s!virtual!disk!(.vmdk!file).!Read!permissions!for!a!virtual!
disk!file!are!sufficient!if!the!virtual!disk!is!nonpersistent.
See
!“Setting!Permissions!for!Owners!of!Virtual!Machines”!on!
page 144!and!“Using!Disk!Modes”!on!page 135.
The!same!user!must!own!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!and!
virtual!disk!file!and!must!have!full!access!privileges!for!both!files.
Set!user!and!group!
permissions!to!view!a!
virtual!machine!on!the!
Status!Monitor.
For!a!user!to!see!a!virtual!machine!in!the!management!interface,!the!
user,!or!a!group!to!which!the!user!belongs,!must!have!read!access!to!
that!virtual!machine.
See“Setting!Permissions!for!Owners!of!Virtual!Machines”!on!
page 144.
Table 1-1. ESX Server Administrator Tasks (Continued)
Task Description