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Chapter 20 Deploying ACE Packages
Touseinstancecustomization,verifythatthefollowingprerequisitesaresatisfied:
MakesurethattheguestoperatingsystemisWindowsXP,Windows2000,or
WindowsServer 2003,WindowsVista,orWindows7.
CopytheMicrosoftSysprepDeploymentToolsintothecorrectfolderforthe
virtualmachine.See“DownloadtheMicrosoftSysprepDeploymentTools”on
page 440.
Ifthesetoolsarenotavailable,thepackagingoperationfails.Thefailuremightnot
occuruntilwellintothepackagingprocessandmightcauseyoutolosesubstantial
time.
Usepreviewmodetotestwhetherinstancecustomizationrunsunattended.
For example,verifythatavalidWindowsproductIDisusedsothatnodialogbox
promptsfortheproductIDduringtheMini‐Setupprocess.
Ifyouconfiguredautomaticlogin,usepreviewmodetoverifythatautomaticlogin
workscorrectly.Ifitfails,instancecustomizationfails.
Use the New Package Wizard
TheNewPackagewizardcreatesanexecutablefilethatcontainsanACE‐enabled
virtualmachine,itspolicies,deploymentsettings,scripts,andacopyofVMware
Player.Youcaneasilydeployandinstallthepackageonenduser’smachines.
Beforeyoubegin,verifythatthepackagingprerequisitesaresatisfied.See
“PrerequisitesforUsingtheP
ackagingWizards”onpage 452.
To use the New Package wizard
1OpentheACE‐enabledvirtualmachinetouseasthebasisforthepackage.
2Makesurethevirtualmachineispoweredoffratherthansuspended.
Whenyouexitpreviewmode,bydefaultVMwarePlayersuspendsthevirtual
machine.Ifnecessary,useWorkstationtopoweroffthevi
rtualmachin
e.
3 ChooseVM>ACE>NewPackage.
4CompletetheNewPackagewizard.
5 (Optional)Ifyouarepromptedtoselectapackagedistributionformatandyou
selectMultiplefoldersforcreatingDVDsorCDs,writedownthedisclabelprefix
youspecify.
Whenyoulaterusedisc‐burningsoftwaretocreatethedi
scs,th
enameyouenter
foreachdiscmustbethesameasthenameofthefolderthewizardcreatestohold
thatdisc’scontents(forexample,DISC1,DISC2).
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