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This page describes how to configure guest setup that will use hypervisor tools on VMware vCenter and VCD.

We assume that you have already installed You must install hypervisor tools on your VM templates before you configure guest setup.

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Note

To inject a network configuration (static IP address) in Windows, you must use a custom specification. You cannot use an unattend file.

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  • Guest setup with hypervisor tools can run the first time you deploy a VM and when you add a NIC to a VM that is powered off.

  • On Linux VMs, the platform will configure a global DNS that will apply to all NICs on the VM

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For guest tools with Windows, the platform default is to use a Windows unattend file.

The default unattend file is Abiquo default Windows unattend file.

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Guest setup with a Windows unattend file runs the first time you deploy a VM.
If the guest setup is not successful, the VM deploy or reconfigure will fail and roll back.

Using the Windows unattend file, Abiquo sets:

  • Fully qualified domain name (FQDN)

  • Guest password at deploy time

The Abiquo default Windows unattend file also includes these static settings:

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To configure a custom Windows unattend file for a datacenter

  1. Log in to the Remote Services server as an administrator

  2. Create your own custom unattend file and make the tomcat user the owner of the file

    1. By default Abiquo will replace the following variables:

      • $adminPassword

      • $domain

      • $hostName

  3. Edit the abiquo.properties file and set the location of your custom unattend file. For example:

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    // Path to Windows unattend file
com.abiquo.esxi.experimental.customize.win.unattendfile=/root/windows_unattend.xml

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On VMware, to use a custom specification to configure Windows, set the unattend file unattendfile property to false.

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

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  1. Download a Windows template such as WS-2019-template-40GB-BIOS-1.vmdk

  2. Install VMware tools

  3. In Abiquo, for the Guest setup option, select Hypervisor tools, and select the Guest initial password checkbox

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Users can now automate their VMs with guest setup. See Automate first boot of a VM for guest setup

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Troubleshooting hypervisor tools

For troubleshooting Linux VMs, please check this file: /var/log/vmware-imc/toolsDeployPkg.log