Delivering new VMs faster with customizations
Customizations allow the automating of post-deployment tasks such as:
- Changing the local administrator password
- Changing the computer name
- Changing the Windows product key
- Configuring IP, DNS, and other network settings
- Joining a domain
- Changing the time zone
- Running custom bat, PowerShell, or bash scripts
How to do it...
To create a customization:
- Go to the Home view.
- Click on Customization Specifications Manager.
- Click on New, which will open vSphere Client Windows Guest Customization.
The wizard will ask you a series of questions related to post-deployment tasks that need to be performed:
- Registration information: owner's name and organization
- Computer name
- Windows license key
- Local administrator password
- Time zone
- Network settings
- Workgroup or domain name
- Whether a new SID has to be generated
- Whether there are any commands that need to be run once after deployment
Using customization
If you are deploying a VM from a template, customization options are available...
