Comments on: How to Deploy a Windows 2008 Server From a Template with vSphere http://vinf.net/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/ My ramblings on the stuff that holds it all together Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:53:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: vinf.net http://vinf.net/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-5527 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:27:34 +0000 http://vinf.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-5527 Wayne, check what network your template is attached to when it deploys, I’ve had that cause silent errors as it can’t find the DHCP/DNS/DC and complete the process – other than that never had an issue

]]> By: Wayne http://vinf.net/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-5500 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:32:45 +0000 http://vinf.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-5500 The customization specification on Windows 2008 R2 has never worked for me!!! doesn’t get renamed, doesn’t join the domain or get an IP address! Not as simple as you say ….

]]> By: powderhound http://vinf.net/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-2208 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:41:03 +0000 http://vinf.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-2208 Thanks great article. When I deploy a Windows 2008 R2 server from the template using customization specification it still asks me to change\set the administrator password. How can I get round this?

]]> By: Location of Sysprep Files When you Install vCenter on a Windows 2008 Server « Virtualization, Windows, Infrastructure and all that “stuff” in-between http://vinf.net/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-1497 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:01:25 +0000 http://vinf.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-1497 [...] – as I posted previously you don’t need to worry about this if you are solely deploying Windows 2008/Vista and later VMs, [...]

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]]> By: It’s voting time.. « Virtualization, Windows, Infrastructure and all that “stuff” in-between http://vinf.net/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-1354 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:04:22 +0000 http://vinf.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-1354 [...] How to deploy Windows 2008 server with a template in vCenter [...]

]]> By: Windows Server 2008 Deploy From Template Guest Customization Update | VM /ETC http://vinf.net/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-1059 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:10:05 +0000 http://vinf.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/#comment-1059 [...] When vSphere was released, it was announced that VMware included the necessary .xml file to customize Server 2008 with vCenter 4, thus meaning that VM customization and 2008 Customization Specifications could be used out of the box without any manual modifications (i.e. adding Sysprep files to the designated vCenter directories). For a walk through of the vSphere Server 2008 deploy from template process with screen shots check out: How to Deploy a Windows 2008 Server From a Template with vSphere [...]

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