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Customizing Guest Operating Systems

This chapter describes how to customize your guest operating systems. You customize your guest operating system when you create a virtual machine in VirtualCenter from a template or as a clone.

This chapter contains the following sections:

You need to use a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to the target host where the virtual machine is located to perform the activities described in this chapter.

When a new virtual machine is deployed or cloned, starting the Guest Customization wizard is an option.

Note: Not all operating systems supported by VMware Server can be customized through the Guest Customization wizard. Refer to VirtualCenter Guest Operating System Customization Requirements for a list of supported guest operating systems.

Customizing Windows guest operating system options include:

  • Join workgroups and domains
  • Network interface configuration
  • Domain suffix, security ID (SID) change
  • Customizing Linux guest operating system options include:

  • Host name
  • Domain suffix
  • Network interface configuration
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