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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
5 In the Guest OS Customization tab, deselect the Enable guest customization and other check boxes as
desired.
6 Right-click the virtual machine and select Install VMware Tools.
Enable Guest Customization
After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines, you must enable guest customization.
Procedure
1 On the Guest OS Customization tab, select the Enable guest customization check box.
2 Select the other check boxes in the dialog box as relevant.
Add vApp to Catalog
After you install or upgrade VMware Tools, you can add the updated vApp to your catalog.
Procedure
1 Select a vApp, right-click, and select Stop.
2 Select the vApp, right-click, and select Add vApp to Catalog.
3 Select the vApp template, right-click, and select Properties.
4 Select Customize VM Settings or Make Identical Copy.
5 (Optional) Delete the previous version of the vApp template, if necessary.
Upgrade VMware Tools
If the version of VMware Tools is earlier than 7299 in a virtual machine in your vApp, you must upgrade it.
Upgrading VMware Tools might involve uninstalling your existing VMware Tools versions and installing a
new one from a CD mounted in the operating system. This process can also be done automatically.
Prerequisites
You must stop the vApp.
Procedure
1 Upgrade VMware Tools on page 74
After you disable guest customization, you can upgrade VMware Tools.
2 Enable Guest Customization on page 75
After you install or upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines, you must enable guest
customization.
3 Start the vApp on page 75
After you install VMware Tools, you must start the vApp.
Upgrade VMware Tools
After you disable guest customization, you can upgrade VMware Tools.
Procedure
1 Select the vApp, right-click, and select Start.
2 Select the virtual machine, right-click, and select Install VMware Tools.
The process is different based on the operating system.
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