6.5.1

Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client Home inventory page, select Policies and Profiles > Customization
Specification Manager.
2 Click the Create New Specification icon.
3 In the Guest Customization wizard, select Windows from the Target Virtual Machine OS menu.
4 (Optional) Select Use Custom Sysprep Answer File.
5 Under Customization Specification Information, enter a name for the specification and an optional
description and click Next.
6 Select the option to import or create a sysprep answer file and click Next.
Option Description
Import a Sysprep answer file Click Browse and browse to the file.
Create a Sysprep answer file Type the contents of the file in the text box.
7 Select the type of network settings to apply to the guest operating system.
Option Action
Typical settings Select Typical settings and click Next.
vCenter Server configures all network interfaces from a DHCP server using
default settings.
Custom settings a Select Custom settings and click Next.
b For each network interface in the virtual machine, click the ellipsis button (...).
c Enter IP address and other network settings and click OK.
d When all network interfaces are configured, click Next.
8 To specify IPv4 related settings, select IPv4 and enter IP address and other network settings.
9 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 IPv4 or 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 a subnet mask prefix. The prefix length must be between 1 to 128 where the default
value is 64. Gateway is enabled by default, except when you choose Do not use IPv6.
10 Select DNS and specify a DNS server address and click OK.
11 Select WINS and specify primary and secondary WINS information.
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