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Chapter 6 Setting Up Virtual Machine Templates
Complete Guest Customization for Solaris Virtual Machine Templates
Solaris
virtual
machine
templates
require
extra
steps
for
guest
customization.
To complete guest customization for Solaris virtual machine templates
1
In
the
left
pane,
click
VM
Templates
.
2
Move
the
pointer
over
the
deployed
virtual
machine
template
name
and
select
View
Console
.
3
Move
the
pointer
over
the
virtual
machine
template
name
and
select
Insert
Customization
CD
.
4
Log
in
to
the
Solaris
guest
operating
system.
5
In
the
terminal,
run
these
case
‐
sensitive
commands:
/etc/init.d/volmgt stop
/etc/init.d/volmgt start
sh /cdrom/cdrom/customize-guest.sh install
eject cdrom
6
Run
shutdown -y -g0 -i5
to
shut
down
the
virtual
machine
from
inside
the
guest
operating
system.
Working with the Guest Customization SID Generation Tool
For
guest
operating
systems
that
support
multiple
SID
generation
tools,
you
can
set
a
global
preference
to
use
Microsoft
Sysprep
instead
of
SIDgen,
which
is
packaged
with
Lab Manager.
You
can
also
select
SIDgen
or
Microsoft
Sysprep
as
the
SID
generation
tool
for
a
virtual
machine
or
virtual
machine
template.
For
Windows
2003
(64
bit)
and
Windows
XP
(64
bit)
guest
operating
systems,
you
must
use
Microsoft
Sysprep.
Windows
Vista
and
Windows
2008
guest
operating
systems
always
use
Microsoft
Sysprep
instead
of
SIDgen,
because
Microsoft
Sysprep
is
already
built
into
these
operating
systems.
See
Appendix C,
“Guest
Operating
System
Support,”
on
page 161
for
more
information
on
guest
operating
support
for
SIDgen
and
Microsoft
Sysprep.
Select the SID Generation Tool for Lab Manager
You
need
to
set
the
default
SID
generation
tool
to
use
with
the
new
virtual
machine
templates
that
require
Microsoft
Sysprep
and
templates
that
support
SIDgen
or
Microsoft
Sysprep.
To select the tool for Lab Manager
1
In
the
left
pane,
click
Settings
.
2
On
the
Guest
Customization
tab,
select
a
default
SID
generation
mechanism.
This
selection
determines
the
default
mechanism
of
new
virtual
machine
templates.
If
you
are
not
ready
to
use
Sysprep,
select
Use
Pre
‐
Installed
SID
Generation
Tool
(SIDgen)
.
To
change
the
SID
mechanism
for
a
virtual
machine
or
virtual
machine
template,
edit
the
properties
of
that
virtual
machine
or
virtual
machine
template.
3
Click
OK
.
Lab Manager
sets
the
default
SID
generation
mechanism.
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