Tag: Template

Create VM annotation based on deployed template name

April 3, 2014

I was recently looking to create a virtual machine annotation type to include the template name to which a virtual machine was deployed from. I was able to achieve this by using the Get-VIEvent cmdlet to return a match for a virtual machine where the event was equal to “VmBeingDeployedEvent” and formatting the output string … More Create VM annotation based on deployed template name

Guest Customization of VM fails with “Error : Could not create file /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf!”

February 1, 2014

I was recently deploying VMs from a Ubuntu template using guest customisation, where guest customization fails and the IP address also fails to be updated with the following error: An error occurred while customizing <VM>. For details, reference the log file /var/log/vmware-imc/toolsDeployPkg.log in the guest OS On investigating the log file, the following error has … More Guest Customization of VM fails with “Error : Could not create file /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf!”