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Windows Customization Clone Workflows
With Windows customization clone workflows you can clone Windows virtual machines and customize the
guest operating system.
You access the Windows customization clone workflows from Library > vCenter > Virtual Machine
management > Clone > Windows Customization.
Customize, Windows
with single NIC and
credential
Performs guest operating system customization, configures one virtual
network card and a local administrator user account on a Windows virtual
machine.
Clone thin provisioned,
Windows with single NIC
and credential
Clones a Windows virtual machine performing the guest operating system
customization. Specifies virtual disk thin provisioning policy and configures
one virtual network card and a local administrator user account. Sysprep tools
must be available on the vCenter Server system.
Clone, Windows
Sysprep with single NIC
and credential
Clones a Windows virtual machine performing the guest operating system
customization. Configures one virtual network card and a local administrator
user account. Sysprep tools must be available on vCenter Server.
Clone, Windows with
multiple NICs and
credential
Clones a Windows virtual machine performing the guest operating system
customization. Configures the local administrator user account and up to four
virtual network cards. Sysprep tools must be available on the vCenter Server
system.
Clone, Windows with
single NIC
Clones a Windows virtual machine performing the guest operating system
customization and configures one virtual network card. Sysprep tools must be
available on the vCenter Server system.
Clone, Windows with
single NIC and credential
Clones a Windows virtual machine performing the guest operating system
customization. Configures one virtual network card and a local administrator
user account. Sysprep tools must be available on the vCenter Server system.
Device Management Workflows
With device management workflows you can manage the devices that are connected to a virtual machine or
to a host datastore.
You access the device management workflows from Library > vCenter > Virtual Machine management >
Device Management.
Add CD-ROM
Adds a virtual CD-ROM to a virtual machine. If the virtual machine has no IDE
controller, the workflow creates one.
Add disk
Adds a virtual disk to a virtual machine.
Change RAM
Changes the amount of RAM of a virtual machine.
Convert disks to thin
provisioning
Converts thick-provisioned disks of virtual machines to thin-provisioned
disks.
Convert independent
disks
Converts all independent virtual machine disks to normal disks by removing
the independent flag from the disks.
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