Preparing the vSphere guest OS template

One of the significant things to be done before preparing a guest operating system as a blueprint in vRealize Automation is to ensure the supportability stance from VMware. The supportability information is detailed in https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vrealize-automation-62-support-matrix.pdf.

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In the next few pages, we will learn the How to of configuring a Windows guest OS and a Linux guest OS before they are attached to a blueprint.

Scope

  • Windows: Windows 2012 and Windows 2008 R2
  • Linux: RHEL 6.1 Server

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If a manager service component is installed in a Windows 2012 machine, ensure that you install MS-KB-2973337 in the IaaS server. This patch ...

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