
Create a Microsoft Sysprep Deployment Package
Before vCloud Director can perform guest customization on virtual machines with certain Windows guest
operating systems, you must create a Microsoft Sysprep deployment package on each cloud cell in your
installation.
During installation, vCloud Director places some files in the sysprep folder on the vCloud Director server host.
Do not overwrite these files when you create the Sysprep package.
Prerequisites
Access to the Sysprep binary files for Windows 2000, Windows 2003 (32- and 64-bit), and Windows XP (32-
and 64-bit).
Procedure
1 Copy the Sysprep binary files for each operating system to a convenient location on a vCloud Director
server host.
Each operating system requires its own folder.
NOTE Folder names are case-sensitive.
Guest OS Copy Destination
Windows 2000 SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2000
Windows 2003 (32-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2k3
Windows 2003 (64-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /win2k3_64
Windows XP (32-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /winxp
Windows XP (64-bit) SysprepBinariesDirectory /winxp_64
SysprepBinariesDirectory represents a location you choose to which to copy the binaries.
2 Run the /opt/vmware/cloud-director/deploymentPackageCreator/createSysprepPackage.sh
SysprepBinariesDirectory command.
For example, /opt/vmware/cloud-
director/deploymentPackageCreator/createSysprepPackage.sh /root/MySysprepFiles.
3 Use the service vmware-vcd restart command to restart the cloud cell.
4 If you have multiple cloud cells, copy the package and properties file to all cloud cells.
scp /opt/vmware/cloud-director/guestcustomization/vcloud_sysprep.properties
/opt/vmware/cloud-director/guestcustomization/windows_deployment_package_sysprep.cab
root@
next_cell_IP
:/opt/vmware/cloud-director/guestcustomization
5 Restart each cloud cell to which you copy the files.
Uninstall VMware Cloud Director Software
Use the Linux rpm command to uninstall Cloud Director software from an individual server host.
Procedure
1 Log in to the target host as root.
2 Unmount the transfer service storage, typically mounted at /opt/vmware/cloud-
director/data/transfer.
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