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Appendix 13 Using Adapters
VMware vCenter, ESX, and ESXi Adapter
Customizing the Windows OS of a Virtual Machine
Use the Customize Windows VM activity to customize a Windows operating system of a specified
virtual machine.
virtual machine.
According to VMware's KB 1005593 article,
Sysprep file locations and versions
, users must install
Microsoft Sysprep files on the vCenter server before customizing certain versions of Windows.
Before You Begin
The Customize Windows VM activity has several activity-specific tabs included with the default Process
Orchestrator activity configuration tabs. Please ensure that all tabs are configured properly before
attempting to execute the process.
Orchestrator activity configuration tabs. Please ensure that all tabs are configured properly before
attempting to execute the process.
Step 1
In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose VMware vSphere > Customize Windows VM, then drag and
drop the activity onto the Workflow pane.
drop the activity onto the Workflow pane.
Step 2
Click the General tab and enter the appropriate information.
Step 3
Click the Computer Name tab and enter the appropriate information, including:
•
Virtual machine—The inventory path to the virtual machine. The information in this field is
case-sensitive. For example:
case-sensitive. For example:
TEST-ENV/UCS/vm/TESTDEV-W2K8-64-02
•
Computer name—The full computer name.
•
Enter the registration information:
–
Name—Name of the owner to whom this OS should be registered
–
Organization—Organization to which this OS should be registered
•
Enter the password information, including the new password that VMware will use to set the
Administrator's password.
Administrator's password.
•
Enter the time zone information.
Step 4
Click the Domain tab and enter the appropriate information, including:
Note
For security reasons, you might want to choose a runtime user with the appropriate credentials
rather than entering a password.
rather than entering a password.
•
Add computer to a workgroup—Select this radio button and in the text field, enter the workgroup
name.
name.
•
Add computer to a windows domain—Select this radio button and in the text field, enter the full
domain name. Select the appropriate radio button to determine the credentials for the user account
used to join computer to the domain.
domain name. Select the appropriate radio button to determine the credentials for the user account
used to join computer to the domain.
•
Use credentials of the following runtime user—Select the appropriate runtime user account. Select
the default runtime user from the drop-down list.
the default runtime user from the drop-down list.
Step 5
Click the License tab to enter the product key and pertinent licensing information for the Windows
operating system for the specified virtual machine:
operating system for the specified virtual machine:
•
Product Key—Enter the product key for the Windows operating system.
•
Include Server License Information (Required for customizing a server guest OS)—Check this
check box to indicate server information is required and to enable the server license mode fields and
select the appropriate license mode.
check box to indicate server information is required and to enable the server license mode fields and
select the appropriate license mode.