When you clone or deploy a VM from a template, you can
customize the guest operating system of the VM to modify properties such as the
computer name, network settings, and license settings.
Customizing guest operating systems can help prevent conflicts
that can result if virtual machines with identical settings are deployed, such
as conflicts due to duplicate computer names.
1.
In vSphere Inventory Click Home --> Customization
Specifications Manager-->New
2.
Specify the Owner Details as you would normally
do when you install the Windows OS
3.
In this Step you have to specify the Computer
Name. There are 4 Options
a.
Specify the Name Manually
b.
User Virtual Machine Name
c.
Ask the User When Deploying Virtual Machine
d.
Generate Random Name using Script
4.
Specify the licensing Information
5.
Specify the password for the Administrator
Account
6.
Specify the Time Zone for the Windows OS
7.
If you want to run a Command/Script you can
specify it here. Example would be Logon Script
8.
Next in line is Network Settings. There are 2
Options
a.
Typical Settings
b.
Custom Settings
9.
First Network Settings is NIC. You can configure
NIC Properties
10.
Second Network Settings is to Specify the
Domain/WorkGroup Settings
11.
Next in turn is Generate New Security ID (SID)
12.
Review the details and confirm to Create
Customization
13.
Once it is created it can be used when deploying
VM