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JonT
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Windows 2008 Guest Customization - Server Name

Ok I finally upgraded my VI3 infrastructure so that I can use the "unattend.xml" file for guest customizations. Now I am trying to replicate the same feature I have with 2003 for the servername during deployment. With Win2k3 I had chosen to have the servername match the vmguest name in the VC console. Does anyone know how to specify this setting in the "unattend.xml" so that I don't have to manually rename each and every server that I deploy?

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VMmatty
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What version of vCenter are you using? Windows 2008 guest customization wasn't supported until vCenter 2.5 Update 4. If you have that version then that should be all you need.

I have several Windows 2008 templates using Guest Customization and none of them required any editing of unattend.xml. Does everything else work but the computer name?

Matt | http://www.thelowercasew.com | @mattliebowitz
JonT
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We have Virtual Center 2.5 Update 4 now. I tried to setup a customization spec for 2008 but the wizard has all of the older options as if responding to a 2003/XP sysprep and not 2008. I will try again using that but wanted to maintain a similar sysprep answer between my physical and virtual 2008 systems.

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