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I want to be able to create a VMWare image, by specifying the components that should go into it, preferably in a script, and then get VMWare, or some third process, to build the machine from the specs.
So I want to be able to say eg. OS - Windows 2003, Apps - Visual Studio etc, and then it builds the machine automatically from the description.
I know that you can create a template from an existing machine, and use that, this is going one step higher, and building the template from a set of specifications.
Any ideas?
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Go to File > New > Convert Machine. From the Select source type menu, select Powered-on machine. Under Specify the powered-on machine, select This local machine and click Next. From the Select destination type dropdown menu, select VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine.
On the VMware ESXi web management page, go to “Manage“. Under the “System” tab, click on “Autostart“. Click “Edit Settings“. Below that, select the Virtual Machines you want to auto start and click “Enable” above them.
Navigate to Home > Auto Deploy. By default, only the administrator role has privileges to use the vSphere ESXi Image Builder service. From the Software depot drop-down menu, select in which custom depot to add the new image profile. On the Image Profiles tab, click New Image Profile.
Select the "Configuration" tab. From there, select the "Start/stop VM" item in the "Software" pane. Clicking on "Properties" will then open a window with the available settings. From there, first check the "Allow automatic starting and stopping of virtual machines".
You can use an opensource Unattended.
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