HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 Update 1 Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

encrypted passwords for VMware VM guests must be the same one used by the infrastructure
orchestration CMS for the VM guest deployment.
• To cause IO to automatically join new virtual machines to a Windows domain, add the clear
text domain administrator credentials to the Sysprep.inf file. IO cannot automatically join
a new virtual machine to a Windows domain if EncryptedAdminPassword is set to yes.
If the credentials are not provided in the Sysprep.inf file, select “None” or “Workgroup”
in the Edit Network dialog box. After deployment completes, a domain administrator can
manually join the system to the domain.
When defining networks in IO, set the MS Domain Type to “Domain” in the Windows Settings tab
of the infrastructure orchestration console Edit Network dialog box.
Installing Microsoft Sysprep tools
Install the Microsoft Sysprep tools only if you are provisioning Windows Server 2003 or earlier
guests.
NOTE: Provisioning the following does not require installation of Sysprep tools:
• Windows 2008 and later VM guests
• Linux VM guests
Do the following:To enable customization on:
Install the Microsoft Sysprep tools on the vCenter management server.VMware vCenter
4.xVMware vCenter 5.0
• If vCenter Server is installed on Windows Server 2008 or later, and you are
provisioning Windows 2003 or earlier guests, install the Sysprep tools in
C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Sysprep\<OS>.
NOTE: C:\ProgramData might be a hidden folder.
• If vCenter Server is installed on an earlier Windows operating system, install the tools
in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Sysprep\<OS>
where <OS> is the Windows guest operating system. Valid values are svr2003 and
svr2003-64.
Install the Microsoft Sysprep tools on the CMS in the folder C:\Program
Files\HP\Insight Control virtual machine management\Sysprep\<OS>
where <OS> is the Windows guest operating system. Valid values are svr2003 and
svr2003-64.
Microsoft Hyper-V (Windows
2003 VM guests)
The contents of Microsoft …\Support\Tools\Deploy.cab (not the .cab file) must be placed
in the directories mentioned previously.
For more information, see the following resources:
• VMware vCenter website
• Installing the Microsoft Sysprep Tools available from the VMware Infrastructure Online Library
• Updated System Preparation tool for Windows Server 2003 SP2on the Microsoft support
website:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926028
Configuring a disaster recovery (DR) service
Matrix recovery management is a component of the HP Matrix Operating Environment that provides
disaster recovery protection (DR protection) for logical servers.
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