VMware, Inc. 451
Chapter 20 Deploying ACE Packages
ChecksthattheACE‐enabledvirtualmachinecanbecloned:thatitispoweredoff,
multiplesnapshotsareenabled,anditisnotread‐only.
ChecksthatthelatestversionofVMwareToolsisinstalled.
Ifinstancecustomizationisenabled,checksthattheSysprepToolsdirectoryfor
theACE‐enabledvirtualmachine’sguestoperatingsystemisnotempty.
IftheguestoperatingsystemisWindows2000,WindowsXP,orWindows2003,
checksthatthefoldersintheProgram Files\VMware\VMware
Workstation\Resources\SysprepToolsfolderarenotempty.
YoucandeployapackageoveranetworkoronDVDorCD.Ifyoudeploythepackage
ondiscs,thefirstdiscofthesetincludestheAu
torunfilesneededtostarttheinstaller
automaticallywhentheuserinsertsthediscinthehostcomputer’sdrive.
Turn Off the VMware Tools Check for Test Deployments
IfyoudonothavethelatestversionofVMwareToolsinstalledintheguestoperating
system,thewizardfailstocreatethepackage.Tocreatepackageswithoutinstallingthe
latestVMwareToolsversioneachtime—forexample,ifyouwanttoperformatest
deployment—youcanturnofftheVMwareToolschec
k.
To turn off the VMware Tools check for test deployments
1CloseWorkstation.
Useatexteditortoopenthepreferences.inifile,whichislocatedinthe
followingdirectory:
OnWindowsXP:C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application
Data\VMware
OnWindowsVistaandWindows7:
C:\Users\<test>\AppData\Roaming\VMware
2Addthefollowinglinetothefile:
pref.ignoreToolsPkgCheck = "TRUE"
SettingthislinetoFALSEreinstatestheVMwareToolscheck.
3 Saveandclosethepreferences.ini file.
Beforeyoucreatepackagesthatyouplantodeployinproductionenvironments,
reinstatetheVMwareToolscheck.
Comentarios a estos manuales