Guest Operating System Configuration
This describes how to build “vmtools” a vSphere management server. It is based on the Windows Server 2008 template https://docs.google.com/document/d/11myLcm-lpatcLzRaBQnHzENryXqfWJmScAgcrT_tn0E/pub
vmtools is used to manage vSphere. It has a collection of free software ranging from VMware Labs Flings to tested, stable products like Notepad++.
Consider installing the following VMs in addition to this tool:
Build a server using Windows Server 2008 template https://docs.google.com/document/d/11myLcm-lpatcLzRaBQnHzENryXqfWJmScAgcrT_tn0E/pub
No changes from default.
{List any reference material, websites, wiki articles, policies, etc. you used to build this template. Please use the MLA formatting style. Using MLA helps document the reference's source, publication date and retrieval date. This is important for other people to determine how relevant the source is and if newer information exists.
The general format for a citation:
Typically most citations will be from a page on a Web Site. For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
Example:
"Configuring disks to use VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters" vmware.com. VMware, 1/7/2012. Web. 02/02/2012. <http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010398>
Other citation formats are available, including Tweets. Please see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/ for more examples.}