Sent: 04/26/2007
From: Eduardo Nazato
Message:You can use Sysprep ;)
"Cwhitmore" wrote:
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> I just created a VM and installed Win2003 Standard on it. This is going to
> take forever if I have to do this for four more VM's. Is there an easy way to
> create one VM and then copy it to other VMs as a base so I don't have to
> install Win2003 four times?
Sent: 04/26/2007
From: "Mike Sterling \(MSFT\)" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Refer to this blog entry for more information about sysprep:
http://blogs.technet.com/megand/articles/357570.aspx
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Virtualization Program Manager
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"Eduardo Nazato" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> You can use Sysprep ;)
>
> "Cwhitmore" wrote:
>
>> I just created a VM and installed Win2003 Standard on it. This is going
>> to
>> take forever if I have to do this for four more VM's. Is there an easy
>> way to
>> create one VM and then copy it to other VMs as a base so I don't have to
>> install Win2003 four times?
Sent: 04/27/2007
From: "Fidencio Monroy" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Copy the virtual disk several times as you need, then create a virtual
machine for each one.
Dont run them at same time because security issues can occur:
"While this method saves hours of work and hassle over other rollout
approaches, it has the major problem that every cloned system has an
identical Computer Security Identifier (SID). This fact compromises security
in Workgroup environments, and removable media security can also be
compromised in networks with multiple identical computer SIDs."
Run one by one the cloned systems and use NewSID
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/NewSid.mspx
to update them.
FM
"Cwhitmore" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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>I just created a VM and installed Win2003 Standard on it. This is going to
> take forever if I have to do this for four more VM's. Is there an easy way
> to
> create one VM and then copy it to other VMs as a base so I don't have to
> install Win2003 four times?
Sent: 04/27/2007
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:18:02 -0700, "Fidencio Monroy"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:
Or run sysprep on the VM BEFORE copying the VM, then after you copy
the VM, you can boot each and they will be configured with their own
unique SID.
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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
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>Copy the virtual disk several times as you need, then create a virtual
>machine for each one.
>
>Dont run them at same time because security issues can occur:
>
>"While this method saves hours of work and hassle over other rollout
>approaches, it has the major problem that every cloned system has an
>identical Computer Security Identifier (SID). This fact compromises security
>in Workgroup environments, and removable media security can also be
>compromised in networks with multiple identical computer SIDs."
>
>Run one by one the cloned systems and use NewSID
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/NewSid.mspx
>to update them.
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