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Prerequisites
You have created a vApp in which you have a blank virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, selectvApps > Open.
3 On the Virtual Machinestab, select a virtual machine, right-click, and select Power On.
4 Log into the virtual machine console and install the guest operating system.
5 Install VMware Tools.
6 Power off the virtual machine.
7 Select the virtual machine, right-click and select Properties.
8 On the Guest OS Customization tab, select the Enable guest customization check box.
9 Power the virtual machine on.
The guest OS in your newly created virtual machine has been customized.
Installing VMware Tools in a vApp
When you install VMware Tools in a virtual machine in a vApp, you need to understand the process.
You can trigger VMware Tools installation on a powered on guest virtual machine in a vApp by selecting the
virtual machine, right-click, and selecting Install VMware Tools. Popout the virtual machine console to
continue with the installation. For information on installing in a variety of guest OSs, see Table 9-3.
Table 9-3. Installing VMware Tools
Action Reference
To install on a Windows Guest “Install VMware Tools on a Windows Guest,” on page 109
To install on a Linux Guest
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“Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest in X with the
RPM Installer,” on page 109
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“Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the Tar
Installer or RPM Installer,” on page 110
To install on a Solaris Guest “Install VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest,” on page 111
If the settings on a guest virtual machine are not in synch with vCloud Director or an attempt to perform guest
customization has failed, you can select the virtual machine, right-click, and select Power on and Force re-
customization.
When you select Add to My Cloud or Add from Catalog on a vApp template, these are the available options
on the vApp template Properties page.
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Make identical copy
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Customize VM Settings
The vApp template is added and saved as a vApp in your organization. These options are not used when you
use a virtual machine, when you create a new vApp, or add a new virtual machine.
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- Index 123 5
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- Intended Audience 7
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- Organizations 9
- Users and Groups 9
- Log In to the Web Console 10
- Using vCloud Director 10
- Set Mozilla Firefox Options 11
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- Set User Preferences 13
- Change Your Password 14
- Managing Users and Groups 2 15
- Add a Local User 16
- Import an LDAP User 16
- Edit a User 17
- Delete a User 17
- Send User Notifications 17
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- Working with Groups 19
- Modify the Role of a Group 20
- Managing Cloud Resources 3 21
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- Option Description 24
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- Networks 30
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- Managing Expired Items 34
- Working in an Organization 4 35
- Set Up an Organization 36
- Import Users and Groups 37
- Configure Email Preferences 37
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- Modify Your Email Settings 39
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- View Organization Events 42
- View Organization Tasks 43
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- Working with Catalogs 5 45
- Access a Catalog 46
- Publish a Catalog 46
- Share A Catalog 47
- Change the Owner of a Catalog 47
- Delete a Catalog 48
- Working in Published Catalogs 49
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- Working with Media Files 6 51
- Copy Media Files to a Catalog 52
- Delete Media Files 53
- Modify Media File Properties 53
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- Working with vApp Templates 7 55
- Download a vApp Template 56
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- Delete a vApp Template 59
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- Working with vApps 8 61
- Create a New vApp 62
- Complete the vApp Profile 63
- Configure Networks 64
- Chapter 8 Working with vApps 65
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- Start a vApp 66
- Copy a vApp 66
- Stop a vApp 67
- Suspend a vApp 67
- View vApp Virtual Machines 68
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- View vApp Networks 71
- Adding Networks to a vApp 71
- Add a vApp Network to a vApp 72
- Routed X X X X 73
- Isolated X 73
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- Reset Your vApp Network 80
- Delete a vApp Network 80
- Modify Network Properties 80
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- Editing vApp Properties 82
- Reset vApp Leases 83
- Share a vApp 83
- Display a vApp Diagram 84
- Change the Owner of a vApp 84
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- Create a Snapshot of a vApp 86
- Revert a vApp to a Snapshot 86
- Remove a Snapshot of a vApp 86
- Copy a vApp to Another vDC 86
- Move a vApp to Another vDC 87
- Delete a vApp 87
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- Power On a Virtual Machine 90
- Power Off a Virtual Machine 90
- Suspend a Virtual Machine 91
- Insert a CD/DVD 92
- Eject a CD/DVD 92
- Insert a Floppy 92
- Eject a Floppy 93
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- Delete a Virtual Machine 95
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- Resource Allocation Shares 97
- Resource Allocation Limit 98
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- Installing VMware Tools 101
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- Disable Guest Customization 103
- Start the vApp 103
- Install VMware Tools 103
- Stop the vApp 104
- Enable Guest Customization 104
- Add vApp to Catalog 106
- Upgrade VMware Tools 108
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- Guest Operating Systems 112
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- Upload a Customization Script 116
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