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3 Enter the guest operating system's computer name.
The operating system uses this name to identify itself on the network. On Linux systems, it is called
the host name.
Option Action
Enter a name a Type a name.
The name can contain alphanumeric characters and the hyphen (-) character.
It cannot contain periods (.) or blank spaces and cannot be made up of digits
only. Names are not case-sensitive.
b (Optional) To ensure that the name is unique, select Append a numeric
value to ensure uniqueness. This action appends a hyphen followed by a
numeric value to the virtual machine name. The name is truncated if it
exceeds 63 characters when combined with the numeric value.
Use the virtual machine name The computer name that vCenter Server creates is identical to the name of the
virtual machine on which the guest operating system is running. If the name
exceeds 63 characters, it is truncated.
Enter a name in the Clone/Deploy
wizard
The vSphere Web Client prompts you to enter a name after the cloning or
deployment is complete.
Generate a name using the custom
application configured with vCenter
Server
Enter a parameter that can be passed to the custom application.
4 Provide licensing information for the Windows operating system and click Next.
Option Action
For non-server operating systems Type the Windows product key for the new guest operating system.
For server operating systems a Type the Windows product key for the new guest operating system.
b Select Include Server License Information.
c Select either Per seat or Per server.
d If you selected Per server, enter the maximum number of simultaneous
connections for the server to accept.
5 Configure the administrator password for the virtual machine and click Next.
a Type a password for the administrator account and confirm the password by typing it again.
Note You can change the administrator password only if the administrator password on the
source Windows virtual machine is blank. If the source Windows virtual machine or template
already has a password, the administrator password does not change.
b (Optional) To log users in to the guest operating system as Administrator, select the check box,
and select the number of times to log in automatically.
6 Select the time zone for the virtual machine and click Next.
7 (Optional) On the Run Once page, specify commands to run the first time a user logs in to the guest
operating system and click Next.
See the Microsoft Sysprep documentation for information about RunOnce commands.
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