User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
160 VMware, Inc.
 VMware ToolsInternalVer sio n–VersionofVMware Toolsinstalledonthe
template.
IfVMwareToolsisnotinstalled,NotApplicableappears.
ForVMwareSupportcases,aVMwarerepresentativemightrequestthis
version.
 SupportsCustomization–Specificationofwhethertheinstalledversionof
VMwareToolssupportsguestcustomizationinStageManager.
IfthevalueoftheVMware ToolsInternalVersionfieldislessthan7299,you
cannotmakeuseofguestcustomizationunlessyouinstallasupportedversion
ofVMwareTools.
 PerformCustomizationWhenAddingtoConfiguration–Specificationof
whetherguestcustomizationisdisabled.
 SIDMechanism–SpecificationofthetoolStage Managerusestochangethe
SID.
ThisentryappearsonlyiftheguestoperatingsystemsupportsbothMicrosoft
SysprepandSIDgen,andtheStage Manageradministratorcreatedapackage
withMicrosoftSysprepforguestcustomization.
OnlyStageManageradministratorscanchangethismechanismatthe
template
level.
 UseTimeSynchronization–Optionthatenablestimesynchronization
betweentheguest(virtualmachine)andESXServ erhostoperatingsystems.
YoumustinstallVMware Toolstousethisoption.
Thisoptionsetsthevalueoftools.syncTimeinthe.vmxfile.
9Viewtheremainingvirtualmachinesettings:
 VMChainLength–Numberofdeltadisksgeneratedbycertainoperations.
Foreachchange,Stage Managerfreezestheoriginaldeltadiskandcreatesa
newone.Stage Managergeneratesanerrortonotifyyouwhenyouneedto
consolidatethechain.
 VMDirectoryID–Virtualmachinelocationonthefilesystem.
 MACAddress–Ifthetemplateisundeployed,theResetMACAddress
buttonenablesyoutochangetheMACaddress.See“ChangingIPAddresses”
onpage 161.
10 ClickOK.