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4 Provide licensing information for the Windows operating system and click Next.
Option Action
For non-server operating systems
Type the Windows product key for the new guest operating system.
For server operating systems
a Type the Windows product key for the new guest operating system.
b Select Include Server License Information.
c Select either Per seat or Per server.
d If you selected Per server, enter the maximum number of
simultaneous connections for the server to accept.
5 Configure the administrator password for the virtual machine and click Next.
a Type a password for the administrator account and confirm the password by typing it again.
NOTE You can change the administrator password only if the administrator password on the
source Windows virtual machine is blank. If the source Windows virtual machine or template
already has a password, the administrator password does not change.
b (Optional) To log users into the guest operating system as Administrator, select the check box, and
select the number of times to log in automatically.
6 Select the time zone for the virtual machine and click Next.
7 (Optional) On the Run Once page, specify commands to run the first time a user logs into the guest
operating system and click Next.
See the Microsoft Sysprep documentation for information about RunOnce commands.
8 Select the type of network settings to apply to the guest operating system.
Option Action
Typical settings
Select Typical settings and click Next.
vCenter Server configures all network interfaces from a DHCP server
using default settings.
Custom settings
a Select Custom settings and click Next.
b For each network interface in the virtual machine, click the ellipsis
button (...) .
c Enter IP address and other network settings and click OK.
d When all network interfaces are configured, click Next.
9 To specify IPv4 related settings, select IPv4 and enter IP address and other network settings.
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