User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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 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.Deselectthischeckboxtodisable
guestcustomization.See“DisablingGuestCustomization”onpage 43.
Youcaneditthissettingwhenthetemplateisunpublished.
 SIDMechanism–SpecificationofthetoolStage Managerusestochangethe
SID.Ifthetemplateisunpublished,youcanswitchthedefaulttool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.See“BuildingaMicrosoft
SysprepPackageforGuestCustomization”onpage 42.
 UseTimeSynchronization–Checkboxthatenablestimesynchronization
betweentheguest(virtualmachine)andESXServ erhostoperatingsystems.
YoumustinstallVMware Toolstousethisproperty.
Thispropertysetsthevalueoftools.syncTimeinthe.vmxfile.
7View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–Locationofthevirtualmachinetemplateonthefile
system.
 MACAddress–MachineMediaAccessControl(MAC)address.Ifthe
templateisundeployed,youcanclicktheResetMACAddressbuttonto
changetheMACaddress.See“ChangingMACAddresses”onpage 59.
8ClickOK.