VMware Communities: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Dec 20, 2007 6:10 AM

in response to: hfourie

mofabio 12 posts since
Dec 5, 2007

Sound good guy!!

The workaround is right. In attach deploy tools for XP and 2K3.

regards Fabio

Attachments:

DEPLOYXP.CAB (1.7 MB)
DEPLOY2k3.CAB (1.8 MB)

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Dec 20, 2007 7:30 AM

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toanpham 23 posts since
Jan 24, 2007

I think VMWare did this intentionally to avoid Microsoft legal action. I remember that I did not have to do this extra steps in earlier version of VC. The license stuff in the virtual world become really complicated. Thanks for the posts, guys.

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Dec 21, 2007 9:19 AM

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dafishe 2 posts since
Dec 12, 2007

I to ran into the same issue after upgrading to VC 2.5.. I also discovered if you extract the Deploy cab file to the specific OS folder it would allow you to customize when deploying from a template.

however what I found is that it never uses the customization when it deploys from the template. does it work for y'all? if you delpoy from the template, then customize.. when the VM fires up does it go through the customization process? it doesn't for me. it did before my upgrade to VC 2.5

thank you

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Dec 21, 2007 11:03 AM

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DanDill 38 posts since
Apr 26, 2007

I had this wierd bug where the machine I was trying to clone (svr 2003 SP2) did go through the clone/customization process after I got the sysprep files in the specific directory (see previous post) however it came up and would take my password to login to the machine, but then immediately kick back to the login screen like something that messed up with the credentials perhaps.

Then after I shut it down completely then started it back up it went through the mini-setup process and actually came up sysprepped and life was good. However that being said it was just a test server which has been working fine so far however due to that little snafoo I still don't trust it/wouldn't put it into production...

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Dec 21, 2007 11:13 AM

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toanpham 23 posts since
Jan 24, 2007

I have no issue interm of customize the template for the deployment after extrated the deploy.cab to the desired folders in Virtual Center. But one thing does not work is that it does not take the credentials for VMs to join the domain.

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Dec 21, 2007 12:51 PM

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mclark 122 posts since
Sep 9, 2005

Mine is doing the exact same thing. I deployed and got the cycling login thing. I rebooted and it then sysprepped. I then tried to log out and it would log back in automatically every time without asking for a password. I rebooted and then it was fine. I'm also like you, in that it would make me nervous to put that into production...

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Dec 21, 2007 1:00 PM

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dafishe 2 posts since
Dec 12, 2007

I was able to get the customization to kick off on the newly deployed Windows XP VM from my template using the customization settings.

I had to convert my template to a VM, upgrade the VMTOOLS, then convert it back to a template. then when I powered it on it sat at the login screen for about 2 min. then rebooted and did the sysprep wizard.

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Dec 28, 2007 6:03 AM

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gabriol82 5 posts since
Apr 7, 2006

Hi all,

PAY ATTENTION TO THE OS LANGUAGE!!!

The data path MUST be this:

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users| Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep

Hope to be useful!!!

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? (VCI 2.5 and EXS 3.5) Jan 28, 2008 12:02 PM

dwchan 570 posts since
Mar 25, 2006

I find got my sysprep to work, but now i am getting this weird decryption error. It say that "The VirtualCenter server is unable to decrypt passwords stored in the customization specification" Has anyone see this before?

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? (VCI 2.5 and EXS 3.5) Jan 28, 2008 1:46 PM

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ExCon 166 posts since
Dec 13, 2005

My guess would be that the password contains non-English characters. Just a guess, though...

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Feb 5, 2008 11:44 PM

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divintas 74 posts since
Mar 20, 2006

ATTENTION to Language specific installations:

For example:

You have a native language installation. Win2003 SP1 GERMAN

and you are using the standard Virtual Center installation. This is the english Version.

THEN your PATH NEED to look like this:

<ALL USERS>\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep\<os>

means for this GERMAN case

C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep\svr2003

be carefull the Folder Application Data remains english. IT IS NOT "Anwendungsdaten".

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Feb 9, 2008 8:59 AM

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wayneoakley99 56 posts since
Feb 4, 2005

for what its worth when i drill down into the directory on a install using bukls 64192 the set of directories are already there for

2k, svr2003, svr2003-64, xp and xp-64

i guess the information must not have made it into the documentation.

wayne

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Apr 16, 2008 11:50 PM

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itklu 1 posts since
Apr 7, 2005

YEAH - thx to hfourie!!

After we have updated to v3.5, the XP-Client Customizing-template doesn't fit...But the Server-Custo-Temp was still ok...

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? (VCI 2.5 and EXS 3.5) Sep 26, 2008 4:30 AM

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Salvi 1 posts since
Oct 19, 2006

Hi,

How do you resolve this ssue?? I have the same problem, but I can not to resolve it yet... Can you help me??

Regards,

Reply Re: Where should I place the sysprep file to customize the deploy machine? Nov 12, 2008 6:37 AM

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Doc7 4 posts since
Jan 19, 2005

one addition from my side:

VC 2.5.0 (build 104215) / ESX 3.5 / German installation

Using this path "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep\svr2003"the VC did NOT offer me the customisation options.

Using the path "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep\svr2003" i can initiate the guest-customisation.

First test is running and i'll report the result.

regards

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