| Open vCenter |  |
| Select a matching template |  |
| Right click and choose
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| Enter the Name of the Server
and select a folder
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| Select the cluster
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| Select the host in the cluster
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| Select the storage
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Set the proper Network
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Sysprep
You need to generalize after the cloning
| Enter
\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep |
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| Select OOBE
And don’t forget
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Rename-computer, change Name
Note: you should not use sconfig for this if you do not want to have the hostname
in capital letters
| Start Powershell
Enter “Powershell” at the prompt |
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Change Name of the Server
Rename-computer –NewName ComputerName
Reboot Server
Shutdown –r –t 0
Change IP Address to Fix
This can be done by sconfig as well
(just enter sconfig at the prompt)
| Start Powershell
Enter “Powershell” at the prompt |
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Identify the NIC
Get-NETIPInterface
Set the IP V4 address
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex 12 -IPAddress 172.20.100.20 -PrefixLength 24 -DefaultGateway 172.20.100.1
Set the DNS address
Set-DNSClientServerAddress –InterfaceIndex 12 -ServerAddresses (“172.20.20.20”,“172.20.20.21”)
Configure the TCP/IP protocol with DNS settings
Nslookup
Enable Remote management
Enable-NetFirewallRule –displaygroup “Windows Remote Management”
