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7 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.
8 Select the time zone for the virtual machine and click Next.
9 (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.
10 Select the type of network settings to apply to the guest operating system.
Option Action
Standard settings Select Use standard network settings and click Next.
vCenter Server configures all network interfaces from a DHCP server using
default settings.
Custom settings a Select Manually select custom settings.
b For each network interface in the virtual machine, click the pencil icon.
11 To specify IPv4 related settings, select IPv4 and enter IP address and other network settings.
12 To specify IPv6 related settings, select IPv6 to configure the virtual machine to use IPv6 network.
a Select Prompt user for an address when the specification is used. Selecting this option
prompts you to enter IPv6 address.
b Select Use the following IPv6 addresses to choose an IPv6 address from the list.
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Click the pencil icon to enter additional IPv6 addresses. You can specify the full address or
shorten it by using zero compression and zero suppression. You must specify at least one
IPv6 address. You can edit an existing address, but you must not duplicate existing IPv6
addresses.
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Enter subnet mask prefix. The prefix length must be between 1 and 128 where the default
value is 64. Gateway is enabled by default, except when you select Do not use IPv6.
13 Select DNS and specify DNS server address and click OK.
14 Select WINS and specify primary and secondary WINS information.
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