User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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To install VMware Tools
1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.
AtemplatemustbedeployedtoinstallVMwareTools.See“DeployingTemplates”
onpage 37.
2MovethepointeroverthetemplatenameandchooseViewConsolefromthe
menu.
3Logintotheguestoperatingsysteminsidethevirtualmachineconsole.
4ClickInstallVMware Tools.
InstallingVMware Tools
takesseveralminutesandrequiresyoutorestartthe
virtualmachine.Formoreinformationabouttheinstallation,see
VMware Infrastructure3documentation.
Customizing Guest Operating Systems
Forvirtualmachinescreatedfromtemplates,Stage Managercancustomizethe
networksettingsinsidetheguestoperatingsystem.Thesesettingsincludethemachine
name,IPsettings,andSecurityIdentifier(SID)forWindowsguestoperatingsystems.
Thiscustomizationallowsyouto createuniquevirtualmachinesfromtemplates
withoutmanualrequirements.
Stage Managercanassign
IPaddressesfromanIPaddresspool.See“Configuring
NetworkSettings”onpage 90.
Whenyouconfigureatemplatewiththeprerequisitesforguestcustomizationandadd
avirtualmachinetoaconfigurationbasedonthattemplate,Stage Managercreatesa
packagewithguestcustomizationtools.Deployingandpoweringonthatvirtual
machine
forthefirsttimecausesStage Managertocopythepackage,runthetools,and
deletethepackagefromthevirtualmachine.Thisautomaticprocesstakesafew
minutes.
Withoutguestcustomization,thevirtualmachineusesthesettingsofthetemplateitis
basedon.Thissituationcancreatemachinenameand
networkconflictswhenyou
deploymorethanonevirtualmachinecreatedfromthesametemplateatthesametime.
Toavoidtheseconflictswithoutguestcustomization,accessthevirtualmachine
consolethroughStage Managerandmanuallysetitsnetworkparameterstounique
values.IfyouhaveaWindowsvirtualmachine,changethe
SecurityIdentifier(SID)
usingMicrosoftSyspreporanotherthird‐partytool.