OK, so I have just over 600 VM's already but will be doubling that within 12 months, if not sooner. (vSphere, about 45 hosts) One issue I am having is MAJOR inconsistency with how VM's are buil...
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OK, so I have just over 600 VM's already but will be doubling that within 12 months, if not sooner. (vSphere, about 45 hosts) One issue I am having is MAJOR inconsistency with how VM's are build. We have about 12 people who could build VM's and although we use the configuration templates there is still a lot of variances between how people build VM's. Some of the big issues I have are with naming, RAM, CPU, disk size, but also notes and other items we want to collect and/or standardize. Short of setting down the law, punishable by a public flogging, does anyone know of any configuration/build tools? I am thinking of something like a wizard that would ask specific questions and REQUIRE specific information. I am however VERY flexible. Before I create something new I wanted to check with everyone else. Does this make sense? I am just looking for the VM's being built to be consistent from one to another. What does everyone else do to keep VM's consistent?