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Old 12-09-2008   #1 (permalink)
Jose


 
 

Need clarification on Sysprep and VMM2008

I would like clarification on how to properly create a template from an
existing Virtual Machine.

Basically, I want to know if it is necessary to sysprep the server or does
VMM2008 do that for you?

I'm confused because one article says to sysprep but then when i watch
VMM2008 begin the conversion, it says that it's running sysprep?

thanks in advance.



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Old 12-11-2008   #2 (permalink)
Alexander Ortha [MS]


 
 

Re: Need clarification on Sysprep and VMM2008

Hello Jose,

In generally, for every VM Image you need to use Sysprep to remove some
unique information like computername, SID oder PID.
With VMM 2008 you have 2 option.
1. You can use a prepared VHD by yourself as a base for a template. Which of
course should syspreped.
2. You can use VMM to create a template from a existing machine. If you
select a VM and hit "New Template", these VM will be syspreped and store in
the library as a template.

I know that in the technet library are some articles about VMM and the
deployment options of the VM.

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>I would like clarification on how to properly create a template from an
>existing Virtual Machine.
>
> Basically, I want to know if it is necessary to sysprep the server or does
> VMM2008 do that for you?
>
> I'm confused because one article says to sysprep but then when i watch
> VMM2008 begin the conversion, it says that it's running sysprep?
>
> thanks in advance.
>
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