5.1

Preparing the System
The Home tab in the vCloud Director Web console provides links to the tasks required to prepare the system
for use. Links become active after you complete prerequisite tasks.
For more information about each task, see Table 1-1.
Table 1-1. Quick Start Tasks
Task For More Information
Attach a vCenter “Attach a vCenter Server,” on page 19
Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter “Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter,” on page 21
Create an External Network “Add an External Network,” on page 22
Create a Network Pool “Network Pools,” on page 23
Create an Organization “Create an Organization,” on page 28
Allocate Resources to an Organization “Create an Organization vDC,” on page 52
Add a Network to an Organization “Adding Networks to an Organization vDC,” on page 81
Add a Catalog to an Organization “Add a Catalog to an Organization,” on page 106
Create a Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package
Before vCloud Director can perform guest customization on virtual machines with certain Windows guest
operating systems, you must create a Microsoft Sysprep deployment package on each cloud cell in your
installation.
During installation, vCloud Director places some files in the sysprep folder on the vCloud Director server host.
Do not overwrite these files when you create the Sysprep package.
Prerequisites
Access to the Sysprep binary files for Windows 2000, Windows 2003 (32- and 64-bit), and Windows XP (32-
and 64-bit).
Procedure
1 Copy the Sysprep binary files for each operating system to a convenient location on a vCloud Director
server host.
Each operating system requires its own folder.
NOTE Folder names are case-sensitive.
Guest OS Copy Destination
Windows 2000 SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2000
Windows 2003 (32-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2k3
Windows 2003 (64-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2k3_64
Windows XP (32-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /winxp
Windows XP (64-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /winxp_64
SysprepBinariesDirectory represents a location you choose to which to copy the binaries.
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