Question on cloning a base server to add another to a NLB cluster

[stoutat]

I have a base Windows 2003 Server that I've set up to be a terminal server. What is the best method on "cloning" this machine to act as the second node in the cluster? I've looked up SYSPREP methods and none of the posts or pages seem very clear-cut on how this is done. Can I simply export the machine or something to make sure the SIDs and MACs are all different? I did a clone of the machine and removed and reinstalled the NICs, but it's acting strangely....

[ChrisDearden]

Have you installed sysprep into your virtula center ? if you have then you can clone the TS box and apply the guest customisations to give it a new IP / name / SID etc.

[stoutat]

I don't understand what you mean by "installed into my virtual center"... I did a sysprep on the first TS and created the INF and all of that but I'm unsure of what to do with the files and the guest machine that shut down after it completed....

[ChrisDearden]

http://www.vm-help.com/esx/other/sysprep_download_links.html

in order to be able to use the Guest customisation wizard you'll need to copy some of the files from sysprep onto the virtual center server.

it'll make cloning a vm / deploying one form template a lot easier.