But I know customers that make more changes in this area. Two OK buttons are what we do to get back out to the desktop. This might save you from some odd sysprep errors during VM deployment from template. Now we need to adjust the power profile. There is a few things to do here. Start with the option Choose when to turn off the display.
You can set to never both when to turn the monitor off, and when to put the computer to sleep. Now select Control Panel Home. Follow that by Appearance and Personalization. We want to turn off sounds, and the screen saver. First access Change sound effects and change the profile to No Sounds.
Next access Change screen saver and make sure it is set to none. Now select Taskbar and Start Menu. Change to the Start menu tab. The power button default should be Log Off. In the left menu, select Network and Internet.
Follow this by selecting next Network and Sharing center. In the left menu you will find change adapter settings. Now you will see the adapter. Here is mine. We want to remove some settings — like IPv6 and QoS so right click on the adapter and select Properties. We can select OK and exit back out to the desktop.
Working from the Control Panel, select Programs. Follow that by selecting Turn Windows features on or off. Scroll through the list until you find Telnet Client , and select it. We should remove the backups that were caused by the or more updates I did.
We will use the Disk Cleanup tool. It is important to click on it and Run as Admin. If you forget to do this you will not see Windows Update Cleanup in it the list as you see below.
It only shows MB in use but it is still good to clean it up. Use the OK button to start the cleaning. After this we should empty the trash — likely is but be sure.. We should disable the index on drive C:. You will see at the bottom of the screen the option to disable indexing — it is Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed — deselect the box for it.
You can enable indexing on your data drives like H: or whatever using GPO. There may be a few files that cannot be removed from the index — just ignore them. Now we should defragment the drive. This option is on the Tools tab. While you are here you should disable the weekly optimize option as it is not necessary.
Configuration — Installing Optional Software We only install software here that we really need and is useful for most users. Bginfo — find it here and info on making it work here.
Google Chrome Autoruns — a great tool to make sure you know what starts with your OS. Process Explorer — a great tool for troubleshooting. PowerCLI — from here — a very useful admin tool! If this is a desktop that admins are going to use, it may be good to add Adobe Flash to it. Something that many would consider not optional is antivirus software. I would suggest you need to do a scan as one of the last actions too. The RVTools are handy too for admins — from here.
Test Time — before Is this desktop ready for the prime time? Is there any errors when you log in using your admin account? Brcause wehn you want to create virtual desktop it need a temploate and you can select windows 8 for you template. As this thread has been quiet for a while, we assume that the issue has been resolved. If the issue still persists and you want to return to this question, please reply this post directly so we will be notified to follow it up. You can also choose to unmark the answer as you wish.
By sharing your experience you can help other community members facing similar problems. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. I still don't see a procedure for "Specify the virtual desktop template" in "Create Collection" when no templates appear.
This has been referenced elsewhere in threads on the 'net, but I haven't seen a solution. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Server TechCenter. Sign in. This will not make any changes to the source system. However if you wish to convert the Virtual Machine to a template you can select Convert to Template, though keep in mind that the source virtual machine will not be usable after that process. We will select Clone to Template.
The Clone Virtual Machine to Template wizard pops up. Give the Template a name and select the folder or Datacenter object that you wish to save the template to. When completing the import wizard, you select various check boxes in order to automatically install Horizon Agent and the App Volumes Agent. The following procedure describes the process. When prompted, log in with your AD credentials. RDP to the machine using the IP address listed and install any applications and drivers that you want to have in the base image.
OSOT includes customizable templates to activate or deactivate Windows system services and features, according to VMware recommendations and best practices, across multiple systems. Because most Windows system services are enabled by default, OSOT can be used to easily deactivate unnecessary services and features to improve performance. Note : This version of this document does not include instructions for using Windows mandatory profiles.
We found that login times are nearly equivalent if you use default user profiles instead of mandatory user profiles. In this procedure, you download the OSOT, check for template updates, analyze the list of recommended optimizations, and select and apply those optimizations. Here you can select alternate defaults that will change the selection of optimizations. As an example for a persistent VM, you probably want to make changes to Windows Update , Search , and Security , or you might want to keep certain Store Apps.
If you prefer, you can revert to the old behavior in the Common Options:. Generalizing a Windows image means removing computer-specific information so that the image can be deployed throughout an enterprise. Note : This procedure pertains to vSphere-based VMs. The OSOT can perform the following tasks, which you were previously required to do manually for VMs that you plan to use in a vSphere infrastructure:. After downloading and extracting the executables, right-click each file sdelete App Volumes delivers applications that are not in the golden VM image.
Application containers, called AppStacks in App Volumes 2. With this strategy, user changes can persist between sessions. App Volumes can also provide user-writable volumes, which allow users to install their own applications and have those applications follow the user as they connect to different virtual desktops. Administrators install the App Volumes Agent on the golden VM image so that the App Volumes Manager can communicate with the cloned desktops that are deployed and attach the correct applications when a user logs in.
Likewise, we can remove the SATA controller. For example, in this screenshot, the value for Storage usage is To create a desktop pool of cloned VMs, or to create a farm of cloned RDSH server VMs, you need to create a frozen state, or base image, from which the clone can be derived. This procedure describes taking a VM snapshot. Although it is possible to take a snapshot of a VM that is powered on, for the purposes of creating a base image for a Horizon desktop pool or server farm, the VM must be shut down and powered off.
Much of the initial configuration and ongoing management of virtual desktops, RDSH server farms, feature enablement, and end-user experience is performed by creating and applying group policies in Active Directory. Some standard Microsoft Group Policy Object settings are required to configure virtual desktops and applications, as described later in this guide. If you use Horizon, you can also use VMware-provided GPO administrative templates for fine-grained control of access to features.
To prevent group policy settings from being applied to other Windows servers or workstations in the same domain as your desktops or server farms, you can create a GPO for group policies and link it to the OU that contains your VMs. You can also delegate control of the OU to subordinate groups, such as server operators or individual users.
You should also create groups for different types of users in Active Directory. For example, you can create a group called End Users for your end users and another group called Horizon Administrators for users that will administer virtual desktops and applications. Later in this guide, you will add a user group containing end users to the local Remote Desktop Users group in AD. Then members of the group will be able to connect to any VM that is joined to the domain.
When adding new users, you need only add them to the Remote Desktop Users group. Before you can perform the procedure in this article, you must have created one or more user groups in Active Directory that contain the end users who will connect to the virtual desktops and RDSH servers. We recommend using Dynamic Environment Manager configuration files to control these application settings. Now repeat the steps from Install VMware Tools. Important : Updating Windows in the VM image is not recommended.
Rather, it is better to generate a new image. An alternative to manually creating a new VM image each time you want to update Windows is to use automation.
If, however, you want to update Windows in the VM image, you can do so. If you have followed the instructions in this guide and used the OSOT as directed, some of the Windows Update facilities have been deactivated. Before you can update Windows, you must re-enable Windows Update. To update Windows, follow the instructions from the earlier Update Windows procedure in this guide. With the image optimization procedures in this guide, you are able to achieve a significant reduction in the amount disk space, CPU, and memory used by virtual desktop and RDSH server VMs and their vSphere hosts.
The result is a corresponding savings in initial deployment time, user logon times, and IOPS. This guide also provided step-by-step instructions for configuring the Windows image to perform optimally in a virtual environment, where CPU cores are shared among many VMs, and where users might be accessing a new VM every time they log in, though they probably will not realize it.
Seventeen discreet versions of the Windows OS were tested using the procedures in this guide, including thirteen versions of Windows The procedures in this guide help you create an optimized Windows image that you can use in a VMware Horizon implementation or in other types of deployments. End users will have a great experience, whether they access their personalized virtual desktops or remote applications from company laptops, their home PCs, thin-client devices, Macs, tablets, or smartphones.
For more information about the VMware products mentioned in this guide, you can explore the following resources:. This message will close in seconds. You are about to be redirected to the central VMware login page. Net Framework 3. The operating system on a physical machine determines whether or not resources are available.
One-time actions impact the user only the first time they are performed because the machine is never refreshed.
For example, a user typically gets a new user profile the first time they log on, and they continue to use that same profile with all subsequent logons. Virtual desktops — In contrast, in a virtual environment, the guest operating system behaves as if it has exclusive access to the CPU cores, but in reality the cores are shared between 2 to 8 virtual machines.
Advantages of an Optimized Image Optimizing the golden image is well worth the time and effort involved. Initial Deployment Time Savings By trimming the image, you can reduce the amount of required disk space by up to 80 percent, which translates to a significant reduction in the time it takes to create desktop pools up to 3 times faster.
User Logon Time Savings When a user logs on, the portion of logon time devoted to creating a standard user profile can take up to 30 seconds, but when optimized, this portion of logon time could be reduced to 3. Host Memory Savings A default deployment can use up to 2 GB of active memory, but with optimization, memory requirements can be reduced significantly up to 50 percent. Storage and IOPS Savings Because of the earlier-mentioned disk-space savings, you realize cache-usage improvements as well.
Tested Operating Systems The following operating systems have been tested using the procedures included in this guide. Infrastructure Prerequisites Before you can perform the procedures in this guide, you must have certain infrastructure components installed and configured. If you are using a VMware vSphere infrastructure, which can reside either on-premises or on one or more cloud platforms, verify that you have the following components installed and configured: VMware vSphere and vCenter Server.
We used vSphere 7. For information and installation instructions, see the VMware vSphere documentation. The ISO file must contain a supported version of the Windows operating system. You will point to this file when completing the New Virtual Machine wizard. For a list of the operating systems we tested, see Tested Operating Systems. User account — When you log in to vSphere Web Client, the account you use must have the privileges required to create a VM.
Select New Virtual Machine. Select Create a new virtual machine. Click NEXT. Select a VM Name and Folder. Provide a name in the Virtual machine name field. Select a location. Select a Cluster or Host. Select a cluster or host as the compute resource. Select a Datastore for the VM. Select a datastore or datastore cluster where you would like to store the VM. Select the vSphere Compatibility Level.
Select the Windows Version and Architecture. Specify Virtual Hardware Settings. Select 2 CPUs. This should be tested and adjusted to real production values later. Select 2. Expand the Memory section. Select Reserve all guest memory All locked. Choose an appropriate hard disk size. Select VMware Paravirtual. From the VM Network list, select the appropriate network.
Expand New Network. Scroll down. Continue Specifying Hardware Settings. Select Connect. Expand the Video card section. Select the maximum Number of Displays that will be used.
Use the following table to determine which number to enter in the Total amount of video memory field.
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