training module 3 - creation of a windows 7 template for vmware
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Training Module 3 - Creation of a Windows 7 Template for VMware View
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Creation of a Windows 7 Base Image
This module will show you how to install and configure an optimized Windows 7 base image for a virtual
desktop lab environment. The optimizations are based on the VMware View Optimization Guide for
Windows 7, found here: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-
OptimizationGuideWindows7-EN.pdf.
1. Create a new VM, choose the defaults for a Windows 7 installation.
2. Remove the virtual floppy drive.
3. Under the “Options”-tab of the VM’s settings, choose “Boot Options” and make sure the
machine goes into BIOS on next boot. Start the VM and enter BIOS.
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4. Disable floppy:
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5. Enter Advanced - I/O Device Configuration
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6. Make sure all serial, parallel and floppy devices are disabled:
7. Press F10 to Save and Exit
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8. Install Windows 7 OS on the Windows 7 Template
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9. Enter your password:
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10. Choose “Ask me later” when asked for the Windows Update setting:
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11. Set the correct timezone:
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12. After installation, set the Windows Update setting to “Never check for updates”. Instead of
patching every single virtual desktop on its own, by setting this we can instead use the function
“Recompose” to update all our virtual desktops in our pool from one single patched base image.
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13. Set the Windows Power plan to Never Put the computer to sleep. We do this so that the virtual
desktops will always be ready when a user logs in. Of course, for power saving functions it might
be a good idea to actually put the virtual desktops to sleep after a while, but it’s up to you. It’s
your lab environment, after all
14. VERY IMPORTANT! Install a proper Windows 7 license and make sure that you can license the
virtual desktop correctly. Failure to do this will end up in problems when provisioning the virtual
desktops.
15. Perform Windows 7 Updates if wanted/needed
16. Install VMware Tools on the Windows 7 Base Image
17. Install the VMware View Agent from the installation media
Basic Windows 7 installation is now done. The following fine-tuning is
completely optional, but highly recommended.
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Fine-tuning the Windows 7 Template for VDI usage
1. Power down the VM, create a snapshot of the VM called “Before Fine-tuning”. This is to make
sure you can always go back to a bsic configuration. Power up the VM again.
2. Run the Commands.bat script to do all the fine-tuning needed automatically. Make sure you run
the script as Administrator.
3. Restart the Windows 7 Template VM to make sure the settings have been applied correctly.
4. Power down the VM, create a snapshot of the VM called “After Fine-tuning”. Power up the VM
again.
5. Install applications that you’d like to include in the base image, such as Microsoft Office, firefox,
Winrar etc. You can of course also use ThinApp to virtualize those or some other applications,
and we’ll go through that in a later module.
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6. Edit the properties of the virtual machine to disconnect the installation media from the CD/DVD
Drive.
7. Power down the VM one last time, and create another snapshot of the VM called “Base-image of
Windows 7 for View v1.0”. This will be the snapshot we’ll use to create our virtual desktop
replicas from.
You are now done with your virtual desktop base image,
and are ready to start using it with VMware View in the
next module!