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After applying Sysprep to a Cloned guest, it bombs out with error

Hello, I hoping someone can shed a light on what I'm doing wrong:

I have a guest windows 2003 running in Esx 3.5 that was p2v. I want a duplicate copy, so I cloned it in Virtual Center. The clone machine came up fine, but after I ran sysprep, it keep giving me an error. Am I doing something wrong?

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jitendrakmr
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Then once cloing is completed run newsid tool, rename the guest and assign a different ip. This should work without any issue.

Jitendra Kumar

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jitendrakmr
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For what purpose are you using sysprep? You might want to run newSid, download it here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897418.aspx.

Jitendra Kumar

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My objective is to run the cloned machine (under a different host name) along side of the origanl guest I cloned it from.

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jitendrakmr
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Then once cloing is completed run newsid tool, rename the guest and assign a different ip. This should work without any issue.

Jitendra Kumar

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VCP, MCSE 2003, MCITP Enterprise Admin, CCNA, ITIL Foundation, Netapp NS0-153 (Storage Networking) Personal Website - http://www.virtualizationtrainings.com, http://www.hillsindia.com
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Jitendrakmr,

Newsid works - Thanks!

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tgradig
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When you clone it via the customization wizard. Try customizing the DNS settings for the nic before cloning.

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tgradig,

I appreciate the pointer! What's the reason behind this?

Thanks!

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tgradig
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I don't konw if it is something with the way sysprep and vmware tries to call the DNS servers while running the customization script. After I addeded the DNS settings; during the customization rebooted 1 more time than usual.

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TonyG

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