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To configure Windows VMs with a static IP address and add a NIC:

• You can

  only

  use IPv4 only

• There

  cannot

  must be

  a

  no DHCP remote service and no NSX device

• You must set

  '

  com.abiquo.esxi.experimental.customize.win.unattendfile=false

  '

When you are not using an unattend.xml file, there are the following limitations:

• netBios is always disabled

• DNS domain is only set globally, not at vNIC level, but DNS servers are set for each vNIC, not

  globaly

  globally

• No OOBE specific configuration (in unattend.xml by default it sets SkipMachineOOBE / HideEULAPage / SkipUserOOBE / ProtectYourPC)

• No autologon - when no password is specified, then always autologon

• Time zone

  is

  can be set with a

  system

  property

  .

• Always join working group WORKGROUP (same as default in unattend) - no user/pass - no joindomain

• No LicenseFilePrintData

• No initial commands executed

• No Windows key (setting user name and org name but no effect without key)