vSphere Virtual Machine Administration - VMware Documentation

vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
4 Provide licensing information for the Windows operating system and click Next.
Option
For non-server operating systems
Action
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
d
Select either Per seat or Per server.
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 into 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 into the guest
operating system and click Next.
See the Microsoft Sysprep documentation for information about RunOnce commands.
8 Select the type of network settings to apply to the guest operating system.
Option
Typical settings
Action
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
c
d
For each network interface in the virtual machine, click the ellipsis
button (...) .
Enter IP address and other network settings and click OK.
When all network interfaces are configured, click Next.
9 Select how the virtual machine will participate in the network and click Next.
Option
Workgroup
Action
Type a workgroup name. For example, MSHOME.
Windows Server Domain a Type the domain name.
b
Type the user name and password for a user account that has
permission to add a computer to the specified domain.
10 Select Generate New Security ID (SID) and click Next.
A Windows Security ID (SID) is used in some Windows operating systems to uniquely identify systems
and users. If you do not select this option, the new virtual machine has the same SID as the virtual
machine or template from which it was cloned or deployed.
11 Save the customized options as an .xml file.
a
b
Select Save this customization specification for later use.
Specify the filename for the specification and click Next.
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