VMware VLM3-ENG-CP - Lab Manager - PC User Manual page 148

VMware® Lab Manager User's Guide
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Lab Manager
Server\Tools\LMTools\Sysprep\win2k3
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Lab Manager
Server\Tools\LMTools\Sysprep\win2000
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Lab Manager
Server\Tools\LMTools\Sysprep\winxp
5 Repeat this procedure to extract Sysprep files for each Windows guest operating
system.
6 In the Lab Manager Web console, click Settings in the Manage section of the left
pane.
7 In the LM Tools tab, click Build ISO.
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After creating the ISO, the page notes the existence of the ISO. At this point, any
person installing LM Tools on templates uses this default ISO.
If you need to remove the ISO for any reason, use the Delete ISO button in the LM
Tools tab.
If an individual template owner needs to change the SID mechanism for a
particular template, he or she can edit the properties of that template and switch
the mechanism.
If you are dependent on Sysprep for 64‐bit guest operating systems, skip step 8.
8 If you are not ready to use Sysprep because of testing activity or another situation,
select the Use Pre‐Installed SID Generation Tool (SIDgen) option to use the
default Lab Manager SID mechanism. If you are ready to use Sysprep, select Use
User‐Supplied SID Generation Tool (Sysprep).
N A template with a null password affects the automatic Windows setup by
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Sysprep. After building a custom ISO with Sysprep, installing LM Tools in a
template, and creating a Workspace configuration, the configuration starts to
run but requires you to click Next during the process.
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If you do not have an existing custom ISO, certain options do not appear.
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