identical to the name of the virtual machine on which the guest operating system is running. If the
name exceeds 63 characters, it is truncated.
Enter a name in the Clone/Deploy wizard
Select this option to be prompted to enter a name during cloning or deployment.
Enter a name
Enter a name.
The name can contain alphanumeric characters and a hyphen (-). It cannot contain a period (.), blank
spaces, or special characters, and cannot contain digits only. Names are not case-sensitive.
(Optional) To ensure that the name is unique, select the Append a numeric value check box.
This action appends a hyphen followed by a numeric value to the virtual machine name. The name is
truncated if it exceeds 63 characters when combined with the numeric value.
Generate a name using the custom application configured with vCenter Server Optional: Enter a
parameter that can be passed to the custom application.
On the Windows license page, provide licensing information for the Windows operating system and
click Next.
Option
Action
For nonserver operating systems
Type the Windows product key for the new guest operating system.
For server operating systems
Type the Windows product key for the new guest operating system.
Select Include Server License Information.
Select either Per seat or Per server.
If you select Per server, enter the maximum number of simultaneous connections for the server to
accept.
On the Set Administrator Password page, configure the administrator password for the virtual
machine and click Next.
Enter a password for the administrator account and confirm the password by typing it again.
(Optional) Select the Automatically logon as Administrator check box to log users in to the guest
operating system as Administrator, and select the number of times to log in automatically.
On the Time zone page, select the time zone for the virtual machine and click Next.
(Optional) On the Run Once page, specify commands to run the first time a user logs in to the guest
operating system and click Next.
See the Microsoft Sysprep documentation for information about RunOnce commands.
On the Network page, select the type of network settings to apply to the guest operating system and
click Next.
Select Use standard network settings so that vCenter Server configures all network interfaces from a
DHCP server by using the default settings.
Select Manually select custom settings and configure each network interface yourself.
Select a network adapter from the list or add a new one.
For the selected NIC, click the vertical ellipsis icon and select Edit.
The Edit Network dialog box opens.
Click the IPv4 tab to configure the virtual machine to use IPv4 network.
You can configure all the settings at that stage or you can select the Prompt the user for an IPv4
address when the specification is used option. In that case, vCenter Server prompts for an IP address
when you select to apply that customization specification during cloning or deployment. With that
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