Where are VMware customization specifications stored?

Go to Menu > Shortcuts > VM Customization Specifications and click the icon.

What is customization specification?

In Simple words VM Customization Specification is a policy which allows you to simply deploy the pre-configured virtual servers with removing of some manual tasks & human errors. When you deploy any VM you can select the VM Customization Specification policy which you have created to apply for that VM.

What is the purpose of creating customization specifications?

VM Customization Specification allows you to configure various guest operating system settings so that once you deploy VM with customization specification you can directly use the virtual machines for your use instead of performing the basic guest configurations.

What is guest customization in VMware?

Selected product version: When you clone a virtual machine, vSphere allows you to customize the guest operating system of the virtual machine, including the hostname, network settings, licensing and more.

Where can we create custom specification file for any guest OS?

To create VMware Guest Customization Specification, Login to vCenter Server using vSphere Web Client. In the home page of vSphere Web client, Click on Customization Specification Manager.

How do I edit a VMware template?

Here are the steps for updating a VM template using vSphere Web Client:

  1. Convert your template to a virtual machine by selecting the template from the inventory and selecting the Convert to Virtual Machine option:
  2. Select a cluster or host that will run this VM:
  3. Click Finish to start the conversion:

How do I create a custom guest?

  1. Guest Operating System Customization Requirements.
  2. Create a vCenter Server Application to Generate Computer Names and IP Addresses.
  3. Customize Windows During Cloning or Deployment.
  4. Customize Linux During Cloning or Deployment.
  5. Apply a Customization Specification to an Existing Virtual Machine.

What are two requirements for guest operating system customizations?

Guest Operating System Customization Requirements.

  • Create a vCenter Server Application to Generate Computer Names and IP Addresses.
  • Customize Windows During Cloning or Deployment.
  • Customize Linux During Cloning or Deployment.
  • Apply a Customization Specification to an Existing Virtual Machine.

    • What is the difference between clone and template in VMware?

    Whereas a template serves as a baseline image for creating multiple VMs, a VM clone is an exact copy, sharing many of the hardware and software configuration settings, including unique identifiers, which can create interoperability issues.

    Which action should an administrator perform in the vSphere client to create a VM template that can be used by more than one vCenter Server instance?

    Terms in this set (51) Which action should an administrator perform in the vSphere Client to create a VM template that can be used by more than one vCenter Server instance? An administrator needs to separate traffic of virtual machine live migrations from all other traffic.

    Can we edit VM template?

    VM templates cannot be edited and powered on like regular VMs, which improves security.

    How do I make changes to this VM template?

    To edit VM template disks in private cloud, edit a template and go to Disks….Modify VM template disks

    1. Click the + Add button in the top right of the Disk dialog.
    2. Select one of the options: Disk from local file, Disk from iso file, Empty disk or Template disk.
    3. Enter the Details of the disk as described here.