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Change Guest Customization Settings for Virtual Machines in a vApp Template
You can change the guest customize settings on virtual machines in a vApp template when the virtual machines
are used as building blocks to create a new vApp.
Procedure
1 Click Catalogs.
2 On the vApp Templates tab, select a vApp template, right-click, and select Add to My Cloud.
The vApp template is saved as a vApp.
3 Select the vApp, right-click, and select Open.
4 On the Virtual Machines tab, select the virtual machine, right-click, and select Properties.
5 On the Guest Customization OS tab, select or deselect the Enable guest customization check box and click
OK.
6 Select the vApp, right-click, and select Add to Catalog.
The vApp is saved as a vApp template in the selected catalog.
Customize Your Windows NT vApp Template
You must manually customize Windows NT vApp templates.
Prerequisites
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Ensure minimum NT SP6 is installed.
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Ensure VMware Tools are installed.
Procedure
1 Click Catalogs.
2 On the vApp Templates tab, select a vApp template.
3 Right-click and select Add to My Cloud.
4 In the guest OS, shut down the virtual machine.
5 Power off the virtual machine and ensure that the Enable guest customization check box is selected.
You must ensure that the virtual machine's NIC is not set to NONE network.
6 Start the vApp and power on the virtual machine.
The Customization CD is mounted automatically after the virtual machine powers on.
7 Right-click on the CD ROM and select Auto play.
This step copies the deployPkg.dll file to WINNT folder.
8 Power off the virtual machine.
9 Stop the vApp
10 Right-click the vApp template and select Copy to Catalog.
11 (Optional) Delete the original vApp template.
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