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Table Of Contents
- Cloud Director User's Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Understanding VMware Cloud Director
- Managing Users and Groups
- Using the Resources Available to Your Organization
- Working in an Organization
- Set Up an Organization
- Review Your Organization Profile
- Modify Your Email Settings
- Modify Your Organization's Policies
- Enable Guest Personalization in Your Organization
- Manage Users and Groups in Your Organization
- Manage Resources in Your Organization
- Manage Virtual Machines in Your Organization
- Viewing Organization Log Tasks and Events
- Working with Catalogs
- Working with Media Files
- Working with vApp Templates
- Open a vApp Template
- Add a vApp Template to My Cloud
- Download a vApp Template
- Upload an OVF Package as a vApp Template
- Resume the Upload of a vApp Template
- Add a vApp Template from a Catalog
- Copy a vApp Template to a Published Catalog
- Move a vApp Template to a Published Catalog
- Delete a vApp Template
- Save a vApp as a vApp Template
- Modify vApp Template Properties
- Working with vApps
- Add a vApp From a Catalog in Your Organization
- Create a New vApp
- Understanding vApps
- Working with Networks in a vApp
- Copy a vApp Template and Save it as a vApp
- Edit vApp Properties
- Delete a vApp
- Start a vApp
- Start a vApp with an Older Version of VMware Tools
- Stop a vApp
- Suspend a vApp
- Discard the Suspended State of a vApp
- Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Share a vApp
- Power on and Force Recustomization of a Virtual Machine
- Save vApp as a vApp Template to Your Catalog
- Change the Owner of a vApp
- Copy a vApp to Another vDC
- Move a vApp to Another vDC
- Delete Virtual Machines from a vApp
- Working with Virtual Machines
- Open a Virtual Machine Console
- Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Discard the Suspended State of a Virtual Machine
- Insert a CD/DVD
- Eject a CD/DVD
- Insert a Floppy
- Eject a Floppy
- Copy or Move a Virtual Machine to a vApp
- Delete a Virtual Machine
- Managing Your Virtual Machines
- Installing VMware Tools
- Install VMware Tools in a New Virtual Machine with No Guest Operating System
- Installing VMware Tools in a vApp
- Install VMware Tools in a Virtual Machine in a vApp
- Install VMware Tools in a vApp Template
- Install VMware Tools With Guest Customization Disabled
- Upgrade VMware Tools
- Install VMware Tools on a Windows Guest
- Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest in X with the RPM Installer
- Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the Tar Installer or RPM Installer
- Install VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest
- Guest Operating System Support
- Install a Guest Operating System
- Customizing Your Guest Operating System
- Understanding Guest Customization
- Customizing a Guest OS When Saving a vApp Template as a vApp
- Enable or Disable Guest Customization
- Change Guest Customization Settings for Virtual Machines in a vApp Template
- Customize Your Windows NT vApp Template
- Customize Your Solaris vApp Template
- Upload a Customization Script
- Reset Your Virtual Machine's Password
- Domain Join Requirements for Windows
- Join a Windows Guest Domain During Guest Operating System Personalization
- Guest Operating System Support
- Index
A virtual machine must be powered on to install VMware Tools.
Install VMware Tools in a New Virtual Machine with No Guest Operating System
If your newly created virtual machine has no guest operating system, you must install it before you can install
VMware Tools.
You must be at least a vApp User.
Prerequisites
You have created a vApp in which you have a blank virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, selectvApps > Open.
3 On the Virtual Machines tab, select a virtual machine, right-click, and select Power On.
4 Log into the virtual machine console and install the guest operating system.
5 Install VMware Tools.
6 Power off the virtual machine.
7 Select the virtual machine, right-click and select Properties.
8 On the Guest OS Customization tab, select the Enable guest customization check box.
9 Power the virtual machine on.
The guest OS in your newly created virtual machine has been customized.
Installing VMware Tools in a vApp
When you install VMware Tools in a virtual machine in a vApp, you need to understand the process.
You can trigger VMware Tools installation on a powered on guest virtual machine in a vApp by selecting the
virtual machine, right-click, and selecting Install VMware Tools. Open the virtual machine console to continue
with the installation. For information on installing in a variety of guest OSs, see Table 9-1.
Table 9-1. Installing VMware Tools
Action Reference
To install on a Windows Guest “Install VMware Tools on a Windows Guest,” on page 75
To install on a Linux Guest
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“Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest in X with the
RPM Installer,” on page 75
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“Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the Tar
Installer or RPM Installer,” on page 76
To install on a Solaris Guest “Install VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest,” on page 77
If the settings on a guest virtual machine are not in synch with Cloud Director or an attempt to perform guest
customization has failed, you can select the virtual machine, right-click, and select Power on and Force re-
customization.
When you select Add to My Cloud or Add from Catalog on a vApp template, these are the available options
on the vApp template Properties page.
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Make identical copy
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Customize VM Settings
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