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Bunty11
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OVA - SysPrep

What will happen if i run sysprep on a VM deployed from an OVA.

Will it affect the existing  application which are installed on the VM  ?

Please suggest

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JCMorrissey
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Hi,

Depends on the application in question, in most cases sysprep's won't affect applications, just curious why you looking to sysprep in this instance?


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we are trying to run sysprep so that we can change the SID.

Like Cloning will the new machine created from ova will have same SID ?

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dhanarajramesh

Yes there is  possibilities. this is known issue for microsoft. please read microsoft  article  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814616.