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Chapter 13. Working with Templates
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a. Select Create New to create a new Answer File.
b. Enter “Sysprep setup” for the Type of Setup.
c. Select the appropriate OS version and edition.
d. On the License Agreement screen, select “Yes fully automate the installation”.
e. Provide your name and organization.
f. Leave display settings at default.
g. Set the appropriate time zone.
h. Provide your product key.
i. Select an appropriate license mode for your deployment
j. Select “Automatically generate computer name”.
k. Type a default administrator password. If you enable the password reset feature, the users will
not actually use this password. This password will be reset by the instance manager after the
guest boots up.
l. Leave Network Components at “Typical Settings”.
m. Select the “WORKGROUP” option.
n. Leave Telephony options at default.
o. Select appropriate Regional Settings.
p. Select appropriate language settings.
q. Do not install printers.
r. Do not specify “Run Once commands”.
s. You need not specify an identification string.
t. Save the Answer File as c:\sysprep\sysprep.inf.
3. Run the following command to sysprep the image:
c:\sysprep\sysprep.exe -reseal -mini -activated
After this step the machine will automatically shut down
13.11. Importing Amazon Machine Images
The following procedures describe how to import an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) into CloudPlatform
when using the XenServer hypervisor.
Assume you have an AMI file and this file is called CentOS_6.2_x64. Assume further that you are
working on a CentOS host. If the AMI is a Fedora image, you need to be working on a Fedora host
initially.