Preparing The System; Create A Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package - VMware CLOUD DIRECTOR 1.0 Admin Manual

Cloud Director Administrator's Guide

Preparing the System

The Home tab in the Cloud Director Web console provides links to the tasks required to prepare the system
for use. Links become active after you complete prerequisite tasks.
For more information about each task, see
Table 1-1. Quick Start Tasks
Task
Attach a vCenter
Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter
Create an External Network
Create a Network Pool
Create an Organization
Allocate Resources to an Organization
Add a Network to an Organization
Add a Catalog to an Organization

Create a Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package

Before Cloud Director can perform guest customization on virtual machines with certain Windows guest
operating systems, you must create a Microsoft Sysprep deployment package on each Cloud cell in your
installation.
During installation, Cloud Director places some files in the
Do not overwrite these files when you create the Sysprep package.
Prerequisites
Access to the Sysprep binary files for Windows 2000, Windows 2003 (32- and 64-bit), and Windows XP (32-
and 64-bit).
Procedure
1 Copy the Sysprep binary files for each operating system to a convenient location on a Cloud Director
server host.
Each operating system requires its own folder.
N Folder names are case-sensitive.
OTE
Guest OS
Windows 2000
Windows 2003 (32-bit)
Windows 2003 (64-bit)
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Table 1-1.
Copy Destination
SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2000
SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2k3
SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2k3_64
For More Information
"Attach a vCenter Server," on page 15
"Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter,"
"Add an External Network,"
"Network Pools," on page 19
"Create an Organization," on page 24
"Create an Organization vDC,"
"Creating Organization Networks,"
"Add a Catalog to an Organization,"
folder on the Cloud Director server host.
sysprep
on page 17
on page 18
on page 45
on page 52
on page 73
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