Wrote up the procedure and recorded a video walk-through here:
Using ESXi 5.5 to create “Golden Master” Windows 8.1 template VM with ease-of-use tweaks for your lab
The only minor quirk I've noticed so far was that the vSphere Web Client kept advising that I install VMware Tools, even though I had already installed Tools, which otherwise seem to function fine.
1) Anybody else noticing the same quirk with Tools?
2) Any other feedback/observations, which I can use to further refine the documentation and/or process?
Worked fine on Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 bit as well with not problem and after restart it did detect that i got Vmware tools installed
Best regards
Yours, Oscar![]()
I had the same issue, but the reboot did not solve the it. Windows mentioned a complaint about the VMCI bus device, but it looked OK in device manager. I tried a repair installation of vmware tools which corrected the issue for me.
