- only ip v4 considered (ABICLOUDPREMIUM-14014)
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To configure Windows VMs with a static IP address and add a NIC:
You can use IPv4 only
There must be no DHCP remote service and no NSX device
You must set
'"com.abiquo.esxi.experimental.customize.win.unattendfile=false
- no dnsSufix configured at IP level, its only defined globally in the unattend file. Its the host fqdn without the hostname part.
- when not
When you are not using an unattend.xml
file, there are
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the following limitations:
netBios is always disabled
- no dns domain at vnic level only gloabaly, but dns servers for each vnic, not globaly no
DNS domain is only set globally, not at vNIC level, but DNS servers are set for each vNIC, not globally
No OOBE specific configuration (in
unattend.xml
by default it setsSkipMachineOOBE / HideEULAPage / SkipUserOOBE / ProtectYourPC
)- no
No autologon - when no password is specified, then always autologon
- timezone is another system property. always
Time zone can be set with a property
Always join working group
WORKGROUP
(same as default in unattend) - no user/pass - no joindomain- no
No
LicenseFilePrintData
- no
No initial commands executed
- no windows
No Windows key (setting user name and org name but no effect without key
)when removing nics (win or linux) the customization is not applied, so virtualNic removed but the bindings still present (OS should handle this)