Hi Everyone,
I have come here in desperate need of help.
I am setting up a Proof of Concept for ESX 6 /w Horizon View 6.2
I have the basic system up and running. I have the Desktop pool created for a Windows 10 Deployment (Full VM's not Linked-Clones).
For my test I have taken a raw WIndows 10 Installation and I have installed VMtools and View Agent then created a Template of it used for deployment.
Right now other then the fact that sometimes the VM when it is created it gets stuck on customization (still working out details as to how I can get it fully prepared and made "available" once created... I thought if you had agent installed and VMtools installed this is all that was required) but anyways the MAIN issue I have was that all VM's generated had the same Computer name so it sent our company DC's into a frenzy shifting VM's all over the company looking for the next DC to handle the same name.
I started working with Guest Customization but nothing seems to work.
I tried making the customization by cloning my gold image so I could add the customization to it at that point and then template it for deployment. This did not seem to do anything (no name changes or domain join or anything). As far as I could tell nothing worked.
Next I tried to make the customization in vCenter and then apply it to each VM created in View as they are generated (Using the guest customization option when creating the Desktop Pool). This produced the same results... no name changes or joining the domain...
I am using both Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise (Evaluations) for testing on both of these configurations.
I had read that Windows 10 has a problem As stated here: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1026556
I set it to disable the activation in the hopes that the customization would work. Still nothing works.
Do I need to sysprep it for Guest Customization to work (Is this a requirement)?
I hope all you VMware guru's can help me. This is my first experience with using Horizon View and I have been tasked with transitioning the company to this system in coming months.
What am I overlooking... what am I doing wrong? I would appreciate any information you guys can provide in assisting me otherwise I might need to go to VMware directly for these issues (Since I am int he process of lining up all our licensing with them on this product but I can not even show the system fully working yet). Please load me up with details so I can get my head around this.
Thank You!