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Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, click VMs.
3 In the right pane, select a virtual machine, right-click, and select Properties.
4 On the Guest OS Customization tab, in the Customization Script panel, click Browse.
5 Navigate to your script file and click Open.
The file must be a batch file for Windows virtual machines and a shell script for Unix virtual machines.
6 Click OK.
Example: Customization Script Examples
A sample Windows batch file:
@echo off
if "%1%" == "precustomization" (
echo Do precustomization tasks
) else if "%1%" == "postcustomization" (
echo Do postcustomization tasks
)
A sample Unix shell script:
#!/bin/sh
if [ x$1 == x"precustomization" ]; then
echo Do Precustomization tasks
elif [ x$1 == x"postcustomization" ]; then
echo Do Postcustomization tasks
fi
Reset Your Virtual Machine's Password
You can reset your virtual machine's password.
Prerequisites
The virtual machine's guest OS is personalized, and your virtual machine is powered off.
Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, click VMs.
3 Select a virtual machine, right-click, and select Properties.
4 On the Guest OS Customization tab, select the Enable guest customization check box.
5 Select the Allow local administrator password check box.
6 To force all administrators to change the password at the initial log in, select the Require administrator
to change password on first login check box.
Administrators must know the old password.
7 Determine whether you want an automatically generated password.
To use a specific password, select Specify password and type it.
8 (Optional) To use a specific password, select Specify password and type the password.
9 Click OK.
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