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Customizing Virtual Machine Templates for VMware and Hyper-V
ASM supports cloning virtual machines (VM) or virtual machine templates in VMware, and cloning virtual machine templates in
Customizing Virtual Machine Templates or Virtual Machines for VMware or
ASM can clone existing virtual machines and virtual machine templates in vCenter, or virtual machine templates in
NOTE: After customization, if you restart the virtual machines, the virtual machine will no longer be valid for cloning, and in that case, the verification file must be deleted. See later in this section about deleting the verification file.
The following customization is required only for VMware virtual machines:
Install VMWare Tools on the virtual machine:
•If the virtual machine being used does not have a DVD drive, you must add one. To do this, edit the settings of the virtual machine and add a DVD drive through your VMware management console.
•Once a DVD drive is available,
•Log into the operating system of the virtual machine and run the VMware tools installer within the OS running on the virtual machine. See VMware documentation for further information on installing VMware tools.
The following customization is required for both VMWare and
Install the puppet agent on the virtual machine:
•If the virtual machine being used was successfully created by ASM, the puppet agent will already be installed.
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