Here is what I have:
- ESXi4.1
- vCenter 4.1, brand new install
- I created a new VM (Virtual Hardware v. 7, VMXNET3 NIC) which I am going to use as a template and installed Windows Server 2008 R2 from an ISO image I downloaded from Microsoft.
- Installed Windows updates and made a couple minor customization i.e. disabled UAC, firewall, IE ESC etc.
- created new guest customization specification for Windows 2008 R2 with standard parameters
Registration info...
Computer name - use Virtual Machine name
Product Key - blank (tried to use KMS key as well which did not make any difference)
Server license mode - per Seat. (tried without it as well)
Admin Password - Standard local admin password for my company
Time Zone - GMT
Run Once - empty
Join Workgroup (the template server is not on the domain)
Generate SID.
- powered off VM
When I clone VM and use customization template it does not work. According to Tasks & Events it gets stuck at:
Started customization of VM test4. Customization log located at
C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-imc\guestcust.log in the guest OS.
Exactly the same customization template works fine for Windows Server 2008 SP2.
What am I doing wrong?