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VM Deployment - Drive Letter Re-Assigning
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After I deploy Windows 2012 R2 using a template and a customised specification using, drive mappings for local disks become reverted. What is the easiest why of re-assigning these ?
Thanks !
After I deploy Windows 2012 R2 using a template and a customised specification using, drive mappings for local disks become reverted. What is the easiest why of re-assigning these ?
Thanks !
Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
Disk Management, and re-assign drive letters.
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yeah, kind of knew that one. I was looking at an automated way linked to VMware so that an administrator doesn't have to manually reassign 10k + machines
I decided on calling on a diskpart script using the RunOnce command unless someone has a cleaner method?
I decided on calling on a diskpart script using the RunOnce command unless someone has a cleaner method?
The drive letters should not be losing their disk assignments.
The template is almost a clone, what drive letters, how many, how are the machines being deployed ?
Your are deploying 10,000 virtual machines, ALL at the same time ?
for what VDI ?
Are the serial numbers of the disks changing?
The template is almost a clone, what drive letters, how many, how are the machines being deployed ?
Your are deploying 10,000 virtual machines, ALL at the same time ?
for what VDI ?
Are the serial numbers of the disks changing?
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they disappear as part of sysprep
VM's deployed from a VM template using customised spec - not the same
VM's deployed from a VM template using customised spec - not the same
you have many drives ?
if Sysprep, is the issue, maybe check, whether a sysprep is required.
if Sysprep, is the issue, maybe check, whether a sysprep is required.
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it's part of the VM Deployment process and required to ensure every machine has a unique SID
machine has a unique SID? - for what purpose?
Well, you may want to check this article...
http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2009/11/03/3291024.aspx
Microsoft will recommend, that every machine, that is cloned, is Sysprepped, but it's not a requirement, it depends on your circumstances.
Anyway this is an Sysprep issue, not specific VMware related or VM issue, so a script is the only way to re-assign the drive letters, because the serial numbers have been reset through the Sysprep process.
Well, you may want to check this article...
http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2009/11/03/3291024.aspx
Microsoft will recommend, that every machine, that is cloned, is Sysprepped, but it's not a requirement, it depends on your circumstances.
Anyway this is an Sysprep issue, not specific VMware related or VM issue, so a script is the only way to re-assign the drive letters, because the serial numbers have been reset through the Sysprep process.
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200 for comp - I used an alternative .. slightly less invasive than reg hacks .. cheers though