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This posts mentioning of the Resource -> Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool needing to be set just saved me an afternoon of trial and error. I was having the "Cannot select HostName due to insufficient privileges" problem myself. Thanks

The problem appears to be that I have Anti Virus software installed on my templates. That software is interfering with the machine customizations when they are run and one of the results of that is that my network is not started as connected. I tried to disable the software to see if that would help, but it didn't. When I uninstalled it from the templates the machine customizations worked correctly and the network connected upon finishing.

Anti Virus software that is installed on a template was interfering with the machine customization during the deployment of the templates. Removed the Anti Virus software and the templates customized correctly.

It would appear that the problem that is preventing me from customizing my templates when they are deployed is that the my templates have Anti Virus software installed on them. I found a note in the release notes that suggested that this could be a problem. I disabled the Anti Virus software and it still failed. I then removed the Anti Virus software and my machine customized as it was supposed to.

I am not sysprepping my template. I have a base image that I shutdown and convert into a template. I deploy that template and when it is deployed the VM has a C:\sysprep folder that doesn't exist in my template. That folder has a sysprep.inf file that shows my customizations, but those customizations are not done. However, there is no sysprep file in the C:\sysprep folder. So I assume the system never could sysprep since the file was never placed there by the deployment process. I do have the sysprep files placed in the correct directory on the vCenter Server. So the files are in place for in the WinXP, Win2003, and 1.1 directories.

It would appear from the logs that some file is not accessable that sysprep needs, but which I am not sure. I looked at my toolsDeployPkg.log and it states that all files were transfered successfully: Starting deploy pkg operation Extracting C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw1.tmp to C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\ Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\guestcustutil.exe Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\imgcust-reboot.exe Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\sysprep\i386\$OEM$\bootrun.exe Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\sysprep\i386\$OEM$\bootrunMsg.dll Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\sysprep\i386\$OEM$\cmdlines.txt Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\sysprep\i386\$OEM$\finalizationsetup.bat Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\sysprep\i386\$OEM$\finalize.bat Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\sysprep\i386\$OEM$\guestcustutil.exe Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\sysprep\i386\$OEM$\imgcust-reboot.exe Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\sysprep\i386\$OEM$\loginblocker.exe Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\sysprep\sysprep.inf Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\deploy\setupcl.exe Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\deploy\sysprep.exe Expanding C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\sysprepDecrypter.exe Package command = guestcustutil.exe customize -sealparam "-quiet -mini -reseal -reboot" -nics 4000 -schedulenativeunobfusc Running expanded command: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmw2.tmp\guestcustutil.exe customize -sealparam "-quiet -mini -reseal -reboot" -nics 4000 -schedulenativeunobfusc Command completed with exit code -1 Package deploy was successful Closing log That being said I see no sysprep.exe or setupcl.exe in the sysprep directory on the VM. I then look at the guestcust.log and see errors in the last three lines: Customization in progress set to 1 at 2009-Apr-15 15:50:52 Rpci: Sending request='deployPkg.update.state 4 0 C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmware-imc\guestcust.log' Rpci: Sent request='deployPkg.update.state 4 0 C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmware-imc\guestcust.log', reply='', len=0, status=1 Successfully opened key SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\ Size of reg_multi_sz 21. Read multi_sz value from registry autocheck autochk *, size 21. string value from registry autocheck autochk *. Returning 1 elements Got BootExecute from session mgr. Native App sysprepDecrypter.exe, arguments '' Copied file sysprepDecrypter.exe to C:\WINDOWS\system32\sysprepDecrypter.exe Updated boot execute value. Successfully created/opened key SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\Guest Customization\ New boot execute: autocheck autochk * sysprepDecrypter.exe System Drive: C: Deleting directory C:\sysprep if it already exists Moving directory sysprep to C:\sysprep select * from win32_networkadapter where Manufacturer != 'Microsoft' and manufacturer is not null and MACAddress is not null Found 1 objects. Pointer c00318. return code 0(0x0) Found 1 objects. Pointer c02008. return code 0(0x0) Found 1 objects. Pointer c00730. return code 0(0x0) Found 0 objects. Pointer 0. return code 1(0x1) Returning value 00:50:56:87:39:2A for system property Returning value 1C:0B:20:52:41:53 for system property Returning value 00:50:56:87:39:2A for system property Setting dhcp for nic # 0 Returning value WINXP\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_NetworkAdapter.DeviceID="1" for system property ASSOCIATORS OF { WINXP\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_NetworkAdapter.DeviceID="1"} where ResultClass = Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Found 1 objects. Pointer c02008. return code 0(0x0) Found 0 objects. Pointer 0. return code 1(0x1) Clearing gateway ip addresses. Enabling DHCP on the computer Returning value WINXP\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration.Index=1 for system property Setting DNS Server to ip <none> Getting method object for method name SetDNSServerSearchOrder Set status called with flag 0, result 0 Returning value WINXP\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration.Index=1 for system property Setting dhcp for nic # 1 Returning value WINXP\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_NetworkAdapter.DeviceID="11" for system property ASSOCIATORS OF { WINXP\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_NetworkAdapter.DeviceID="11"} where ResultClass = Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Found 1 objects. Pointer c00318. return code 0(0x0) Found 0 objects. Pointer 0. return code 1(0x1) Clearing gateway ip addresses. Rpci: Sending request='deployPkg.update.state 4 101 C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmware-imc\guestcust.log@The system cannot find the file specified.' Rpci: Sent request='deployPkg.update.state 4 101 C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmware-imc\guestcust.log@The system cannot find the file specified.', reply='', len=0, status=1 error number 0, The system cannot find the file specified. Any thoughts on what is going on here would be appreciated. Thanks.

The VC Service has been restarted several times since the sysprep files were placed (as well as a few reboots). I do not see any evidence that the system was customized, but I do see a sysprep folder that is sitting on the C: Drive. I would have thought if the machine was customized the sysprep folder would have been removed during the process. I have checked the "use the virtual machine name" option in the customized specification. In the sysprep folder there is a sysprep.inf file that shows the correct customizations, including the name I want the machine to be. But I don't see a sysprep.exe file there. I know the sysprep.exe file is on the server in the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep\xp". Should it not have been placed on the machine so it could run?

Running "vpxd -b" is a little extreme since it recreates the SQL tables. Yeah it works, but if you wanted what was in those tables you are not going to be satified with the results. I would try the other solutions describe in this thread instead.