Comments on: Don’t Sysprep Me, Bro! http://www.vcritical.com/2009/07/dont-sysprep-me-bro/ Informed Virtualization Criticism Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:14:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric Gray http://www.vcritical.com/2009/07/dont-sysprep-me-bro/#comment-7048 Eric Gray Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:50:23 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1234#comment-7048 Alex (and Rob), Thank you for pointing out that the limitation on generalizing an OS three times by Sysprep does not apply to activated KMS clients. Larger orgs with a Key Management Server installed will therefore not be halted if they prefer to take the (time-consuming) route of deploying VMs from templates and then converting them back. The advantage still goes to VMware vCenter -- templates can be converted back to VMs instantly. I have updated this article indicating that exception. Thanks for your feedback. Eric Alex (and Rob),

Thank you for pointing out that the limitation on generalizing an OS three times by Sysprep does not apply to activated KMS clients. Larger orgs with a Key Management Server installed will therefore not be halted if they prefer to take the (time-consuming) route of deploying VMs from templates and then converting them back.

The advantage still goes to VMware vCenter — templates can be converted back to VMs instantly.

I have updated this article indicating that exception.

Thanks for your feedback.

Eric

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]]> By: Alex http://www.vcritical.com/2009/07/dont-sysprep-me-bro/#comment-7036 Alex Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:06:01 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1234#comment-7036 Server 2008 (now SP2), activated against KMS. Server 2008 (now SP2), activated against KMS.

]]> By: Eric Gray http://www.vcritical.com/2009/07/dont-sysprep-me-bro/#comment-7033 Eric Gray Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:48:42 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1234#comment-7033 Thanks, Fernando. I appreciate you reading and taking the time to comment. Thanks, Fernando. I appreciate you reading and taking the time to comment.

]]> By: Fernando http://www.vcritical.com/2009/07/dont-sysprep-me-bro/#comment-7030 Fernando Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:28:39 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1234#comment-7030 "All the disadvantages of the SCVMM model — without the automation. Nice." LOLLLLLL :-D I love your ironic way of writing stuff. “All the disadvantages of the SCVMM model — without the automation. Nice.”

LOLLLLLL :-D
I love your ironic way of writing stuff.

]]> By: Eric Gray http://www.vcritical.com/2009/07/dont-sysprep-me-bro/#comment-7028 Eric Gray Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:16:16 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1234#comment-7028 Alex, what is the guest OS? I suspect it might be Windows 2003 or XP without activation requirements. Alex, what is the guest OS? I suspect it might be Windows 2003 or XP without activation requirements.

]]> By: Alex http://www.vcritical.com/2009/07/dont-sysprep-me-bro/#comment-7027 Alex Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:12:02 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1234#comment-7027 Eric, RobSF is right - I do actually have a client who uses the same procedure - once testing is completed, new VM is deployed from template, new app version is installed, and then new template is created from this VM. Tomorow they will gonna do it for 11th time.. Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft. Eric,
RobSF is right – I do actually have a client who uses the same procedure – once testing is completed, new VM is deployed from template, new app version is installed, and then new template is created from this VM. Tomorow they will gonna do it for 11th time..

Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft.

]]> By: Eric Gray http://www.vcritical.com/2009/07/dont-sysprep-me-bro/#comment-7022 Eric Gray Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:21:15 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1234#comment-7022 Anton: Спасибо! Anton: Спасибо!

]]> By: Eric Gray http://www.vcritical.com/2009/07/dont-sysprep-me-bro/#comment-7021 Eric Gray Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:19:27 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1234#comment-7021 Rob, As far as I can tell, the esoteric Sysprep options and procedure you point out are theoretical when it comes to SCVMM -- the UI provides certain capabilities and it does what it does from there. If someone would demonstrate how to repeatedly go from template to VM and back with SCVMM, I will update the article accordingly. Thanks for your feedback and readership. Eric Rob,

As far as I can tell, the esoteric Sysprep options and procedure you point out are theoretical when it comes to SCVMM — the UI provides certain capabilities and it does what it does from there.

If someone would demonstrate how to repeatedly go from template to VM and back with SCVMM, I will update the article accordingly.

Thanks for your feedback and readership.

Eric

]]> By: Anton Zhbankov http://www.vcritical.com/2009/07/dont-sysprep-me-bro/#comment-7018 Anton Zhbankov Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:24:31 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1234#comment-7018 Eric, russian version of this post here - http://blog.vadmin.ru/2009/07/sysprep_23.html :) Eric, russian version of this post here – http://blog.vadmin.ru/2009/07/sysprep_23.html :)

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