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Lab Manager User’s Guide
236 VMware, Inc.
TheLab ManagerServersystemdoessetcustomizationactionsinthemachine.idline
whiledeployingWorkspacevirtualmachinesorchangingvirtualmachinenetwork
settings.Whenthesevirtualmachinesfirststartup,theguestcustomizationscript
performstherelevantactions.
To access the machine.id line from the ESX host
1FromtheESXhostsystem,openthe.vmxfile.
2Findthemachine.idline.
If
youinstallVMwareTools,youcanalsoaccessthemachine.idfromtheguest
operatingsystemofadeployedvirtualmachine.
To access the machine.id line from the guest operating system
1IntheWebconsole,clickWorkspaceintheleftpane.
2MovethepointerovertheconfigurationnameandchooseOpenfromthemenu.
3Movethepointeroverthedeployedvirtualmachine
nameandchooseView
Console.
4Searchformachine.idfrominsidetheguestoperatingsystem:
FromthecommandpromptonaLinuxguestOS,type:
# vmware-guestd --cmd machine.id.get
FromaWindowsguestOS,navigatetothedirectorywhereVMwareToolsis
installed(usuallyC:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools)andtype:
>VMwareService.exe -cmd machine.id.get
Thefollowingisanexamplesofamachine.idline:
numnics=2&macaddr_0=00:50:56:3f:00:1c&bootproto_0=static&ip_0=10.115.127.10&n
etmask_0=255.255.248.0&gateway_0=10.115.127.253&dns1_0=10.20.20.1&dns2_0=10.2
0.20.2&suffix_0=eng.vmware.com&macaddr_1=00:50:56:3f:00:1d&bootproto_1=static
&ip_1=1.1.1.100&netmask_1=255.255.0.0&gateway_1=1.1.1.1&dns1_1=2.2.2.2&dns2_1
=&suffix_1=BLUE.ORG&primaryNic=0&computerName=Config10VM1&UseSysPrep=No&bitMa
sk=11&markerid=504810238&reconfigToken=411678171
Extending Guest Customization
AlthoughyoucannotmodifytheLab Managerguestcustomizationscript,youcanadd
yourowncustomizationscripttoanyvirtualmachinetemplate.Thatscriptrunsbefore
andaftertheLab Managerguestcustomizationscript.
Toattachyourowncustomizationscripttoavirtualmachinetemplate,see
“CustomizingGuestCustomization”onpage 86.