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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
Customization Specifications
Customizationspecificationsareoptional,buttheycangreatlyexpediteautomated
desktoppooldeploymentsbyprovidingconfigurationinformationforsuchgeneral
propertiesaslicensing,domainattachment,andDHCPsettings.
To create a customization specification
1InVirtualCenter,clickEdit>CustomizationSpecifications.
2ClickNewtocreateanewCustomizationSpecification.
3EnsurethatWindowsisselectedintheTargetVirtualMac
hineOSdropdown
menu,andprovideanameandan(optional)descriptionforthecustomization
specificationinthefieldsprovided.ClickNext.
4EntertheNameandOrganizationyouwouldlikeassociatedwiththedesktops
createdintheautomatedpoolinthefieldsprovided.ClickNexttocontinue.
5 Selectoneofth
efollowing:
 Usethevirtualmachinenameifyouwantthedesktopsinthepooltoderiv e
theirnamefromthenameassignedtoeachdesktopVMduringdeployment
fromViewManager.Thisistherecommendedoption.
 Useaspecificnameifyouwanteachdesktoptoderivetheirnamefroma
predefinedlabel.Ifyouchoosethisoption,itisrecommendedthatyoualso
selecttheAppendanumericvaluetoensureuniquenesscheckbox.
ClickNext.
6EnterthelicensenumberfortheViewManagerdesktopoperatingsysteminthe
Pro
ductIDfield,andspecifyifthisisasingleormultipleseatlicense.ClickNext.
7Enterandconfirmthelocaladministratorpasswordinthefieldsprovided.Click
Next.
8 Selectthelocaltimezonefromthedropdownlist.ClickNext.
9 (Optional)Youarepresentedwiththeopportunitytoprovideon
eormore
commandpromptinstructionsthatwillbeexecutedthefirsttimeauserconnects.
EnteracommandinthefieldprovidedandclickAdd.Repeatasnecessary.
Whenyouhavefinished,clickNext.
10 Specifythetypeofsettingsyouwouldliketouseforyournetworkinterface.
The recommendedse
lectionisTypicalsettings.ClickNext.