> Create Guest Customization Specification
> A guest Customization Specification enables you to customize virtual desktops as you clone them from a template. You must create a guest Customization Specification from within VMware VirtualCenter.
> Within your VirtualCenter, simply use the Customization Specification wizard to specify details such as virtual machine name, license key, domain to be joined, etc. This Customization Specification uses the Microsoft Sysprep files from the deploy.cab file on your Windows install media, which you place on your VirtualCenter server to give DVMs a unique SID and to prepare them for use in your environment.
> Once the sysprep files are on your VirtualCenter server and you have configured your Customization Specification, simply tell your Pano Manager two things: (1) the name of the Customization Specification to use, and (2) number of DVMs you'd like to always have available.
> To create a guest customization:
> For detailed instructions, go to the “Customizing Guest Operating Systems” chapter of the VMware VI3 Basic Administration Guide.

> 1. | Ensure that you have Microsoft Sysprep Tools installed. You probably installed this earlier in (Overview) Install and Configure Pano Manager VM.

> 2. | Connect to VirtualCenter.

> 3. | Select Edit > Customization Specification. The Customization Specification wizard launches.

> 4. | Type the name of your organization, then click Next.

> 5. | In the Computer Name windows, select the Use the virtual machine name radio button, then click Next.

> The names of DVMs that VirtualCenter creates must match the names of virtual machine names. The name of the DVM is defined in the DVM collection specification in the Pano Manager.
> For example, if the DVMs are for employees in your Technical Support department, in the Pano Manager you can specify Support as the name of the DVM collection. Pano Manager works with VirtualCenter to create DVMs named Support-1, Support-2, Support-3, etc.

> 6. | In the Windows License window, do the following:

> a. | Type the Windows License information for the Windows DVMs. The license can be the volume license number.

> b. | Clear the Include Server License Information check box, then click Next

> 7. | In the Administrator Password window, do the following:

> a. | Type the local administrator password for the DVM to be created.

> b. | Clear the Automatically log on as the administrator check box, then click Next. Typically you don’t want users to log on as administrator.

> 8. | In the Network Interface Settings window, select the Typical settings radio button for network interface so that the DVM will obtain an IP address from DHCP once it is created, then click Next.

> 9. | In the Workgroup or Domain window, specify the Windows domain that this DVM should join, then click Next.

> The DVMs must be part of a domain because the Pano Manager only authenticates the user against a directory (for example, Active Directory).

> 10. | In the Operating System Options window, click the Generate new Security ID (SID) radio button to specify that the system create the SID, then click Next. You’re done!

> Next Step(s): Test DVM Deployment

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