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2 Replies Last post: Dec 11, 2008 11:40 AM by AdminTGal81
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Guest Customization Computer Name Option

Dec 11, 2008 10:59 AM

Click to view AdminTGal81's profile Novice AdminTGal81 13 posts since
Dec 9, 2008

When customizing a guest deployed from a clone or a template I've noticed that the option to name the guest machine by "Using a custom application configured with the Virtual Center Server to generate a name" is greyed out. Anyone know why it is greyed out and how I can use this functionality when deploying machine from a clone or template?

Also if an app is required what app and where do I find it?

Thanks in advance.

Tags: virtualcenter, vcenter, esx, esx3.5, templates, customization, vc, deployment, virtual, center, clone, cloning, templating
Reply Re: Guest Customization Computer Name Option Dec 11, 2008 11:32 AM
Click to view polysulfide's profile Expert polysulfide 282 posts since
Oct 25, 2006


I saw a post about this somewhere that indicated the feature is not yet available.

Reply Re: Guest Customization Computer Name Option Dec 11, 2008 11:40 AM
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Click to view AdminTGal81's profile Novice AdminTGal81 13 posts since
Dec 9, 2008
Really? That's interesting. VMware seems to do that a lot (include unavailabe features in their app).

Not that I don't believe you PolySulfide, but just curious if anyone else has any insight to this?

Thanks for the quick response Poly! Your help is greatly appreciated.
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