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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
 C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Stage Manager
Server\Tools\CustomizeGuest\Windows\Sysprep\win2k3_64
Thislocationisfor64‐bitWindows2003.
 C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Stage Manager
Server\Tools\CustomizeGuest\Windows\Sysprep\win2000
 C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Stage Manager
Server\Tools\CustomizeGuest\Windows\Sysprep\winxp
 C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Stage Manager
Server\Tools\CustomizeGuest\Windows\Sysprep\winxp_64
Thislocationisfor64‐bitWindowsXP.
5RepeatStep 1throughStep 4toextractMicrosoftSysprepfilesforeachWindows
guestoperatingsystem.
6IntheStage ManagerWebconsole,clickSettingsintheleftpane.
7IntheGuestCustomizationtab,clicktheBuildPackagebutton.
Whencomplete,theGuestCustomizationtabindicatesa
packageexists.
8 SelectaSIDmechanism,SIDgenorMicrosoftSysprep.
Thisselectiondeterminesthedefaultmechanismofnewtemplatesthatworkwith
eitherSIDgenorMicrosoftSysprep(Windows2000,Windows200332‐bit,and
WindowsXP32‐bit).IfyouarenotreadytouseMicrosoftSysprepbecauseof
testingactivityor
anothersituation,selecttheUsePre‐InstalledSIDGeneration
Tool(SIDgen)radiobutton.
TochangetheSIDmechanismforaparticulartemplate,edittheadvanced
propertiesofthattemplateandswitchthemechanism.
9ClickOK.
Disabling Guest Customization
Bydefault,Stage Manageractivatesguestcustomizationwhenyoucreateanew
templateorimportatemplate.Youcandisableguestcustomizationintheadvanced
propertiesofunpublishedtemplates.(See“EditingBasicTemplateProperties”on
page 55.)ThisdisabledsettingisstoredwhenyouexportthetemplatetoSMBstorage
andimportit
backtoStage Manager.
Ifyoucreateatemplatebasedonanactivevirtualmachineinaconfiguration,the
templateretainsthecustomizationsettingoftheactivevirtualmachine.