GOS – Windows

This recipe will introduce you to the how-to steps of preparing a Windows-based guest OS for a vSphere Blueprint.

  1. Log in to GOS (Windows 2012 or 2008 R2).
  2. As a side note, we presume that you have installed VMware tools, time synced, and you are able to ping IaaS and the CAFÉ appliance via FQDN and IP address.
  3. As a precaution, take a snapshot of this virtual machine if you would like to revert to its clean state when things go wrong.
  4. Open any browser and type the FQDN/IP address of the CAFE appliance:

    https://<IP address of CAFÉ appliance>: 5480/installer

    Note

    Connect to the CAFÉ node directly since the loadbalancer for CAFÉ is not configured to respond on the 5480 port.

  5. Download the guest agent files under the provisioning utilities:

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