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Table Of Contents
- Custom Properties Reference
- Contents
- Custom Properties Reference
- Updated Information
- Using Custom Properties
- Custom Properties Grouped by Function
- Custom Properties for Basic Workflow Blueprints
- Custom Properties for Clone Blueprints
- Custom Properties for FlexClone Blueprints
- Custom Properties for Linked Clone Blueprints
- Custom Properties for Linux Kickstart Blueprints
- Custom Properties for SCCM Blueprints
- Custom Properties for WIM Blueprints
- Custom Properties for vCloud Air and vCloud Director Blueprints
- Custom Properties for vRealize Automation Guest Agent
- Custom Properties for Naming and Analyzing Deployments
- Custom Properties for Networking
- Custom Properties for PXE Provisioning
- Custom Properties for BMC BladeLogic Configuration Manager Integration
- Custom Properties for HP Server Automation Integration
- Custom Properties Grouped by Name
- Custom Properties A Table
- Custom Properties B Table
- Custom Properties C Table
- Custom Properties E Table
- Custom Properties H Table
- Custom Properties I Table
- Custom Properties L Table
- Custom Properties M Table
- Custom Properties O Table
- Custom Properties P Table
- Custom Properties R Table
- Custom Properties S Table
- Custom Properties V Table
- Custom Properties X Table
- Using the Property Dictionary
Table 2‑6. Custom Properties for Linked Clone Blueprints (Continued)
Custom Property Description
Linux.ExternalScript.Name
Specifies the name of an optional customization script, for
example config.sh, that the Linux guest agent runs after the
operating system is installed. This property is available for Linux
machines cloned from templates on which the Linux agent is
installed.
If you specify an external script, you must also define its location
by using the Linux.ExternalScript.LocationType and
Linux.ExternalScript.Path properties.
Linux.ExternalScript.LocationType
Specifies the location type of the customization script named in
the Linux.ExternalScript.Name property. This can be either
local or nfs.
You must also specify the script location using the
Linux.ExternalScript.Path property. If the location type is
nfs, also use the Linux.ExternalScript.Server property.
Linux.ExternalScript.Server
Specifies the name of the NFS server, for example lab-
ad.lab.local, on which the Linux external customization script
named in Linux.ExternalScript.Name is located.
Linux.ExternalScript.Path
Specifies the local path to the Linux customization script or the
export path to the Linux customization on the NFS server. The
value must begin with a forward slash and not include the file
name, for example /scripts/linux/config.sh.
If you installed the guest agent to customize cloned machines, you use some custom properties more
often than others.
Table 2‑7. Custom Properties for Customizing Cloned Machines with a Guest Agent
Custom Property Description
VirtualMachine.Admin.UseGuestAgent
If the guest agent is installed as a service on a template for
cloning, set to True on the machine blueprint to enable the guest
agent service on machines cloned from that template. When the
machine is started, the guest agent service is started. Set to
False to disable the guest agent. If set to False, the enhanced
clone workfow will not use the guest agent for guest operating
system tasks, reducing its functionality to
VMwareCloneWorkflow. If not specified or set to anything other
than False, the enhanced clone workflow will send work items to
the guest agent.
VirtualMachine.Admin.CustomizeGuestOSDelay
Specifies the time to wait after customization is complete and
before starting the guest operating system customization. The
value must be in HH:MM:SS format. If the value is not set, the
default value is one minute (00:01:00). If you choose not to
include this custom property, provisioning can fail if the virtual
machine reboots before guest agent work items are completed,
causing provisioning to fail.
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