Re: [Xen-users] Creating hundreds of Windows VMs

["Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>]

2009/11/6 Dustin Henning <Dustin.Henning@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>        My Windows knowledge is a bit dated, but I can tells you that
> sysprep was an option for WinXP as well.  After sysprep, you have to do the
> final installation steps again (enter key, name host, set up network),

You're right, it does work. In fact it's probably the only method
supported by Microsoft.
The thing is it'd be MUCH easier to use newsid when working with
XP/Win2003. Which is why I didn't use sysprep for this purpose :)

> I don't think the very fact
> that you cloned the image will give you a new SID (hence the sysprep and
> newsid tools).

Correct. But for most purposes, having two windows hosts with the same
SID on the same network posses no harm (IMHO the technet blog explains
it best). Having the same host name, on the other hand, will surely
cause trouble (at the very least you get the annoying popup warning at
boot). Which is why I suggested that it might be enough to simply
change the host name (at least for XP).

For Win2008r2, since you have to reactivate anyway, it'd probably be
best to use sysprep.

> I'd
> recommend using sysprep, as would Microsoft, but be aware you can only run
> it like three times per install before it is disabled

that's the first time I've heard of that :D
Thanks for the info.

-- 
Fajar

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