In this example we will be deploying a Windows Server 2016 Standard template from the Cloudmore public catalog within vCloud.
Start with the following: 1. Login to your Organization as Organization Administrator in the vCloud Director. 2. Go to "My Cloud" -> Double-click the vApp you want to work with -> Go to the "Virtual Machines" tab.
3. Press the Add VM button.
4. Choose Public Catalogs.
5. Pick the prepared template you want to use, in this example we will be using Windows Server 2016 Standard. Press Add & Next.
6. Choose the Virtual Machine Name & the storage policy. Note that Virtual Machine Name is not the Computername / Hostname within the Guest OS. This is merely the name seen in the VMware / vCloud infrastructure. You can use the same name as the Computername / Hostname here if you would like.
7. Choose your Computer Name, this is the Computername / Hostname that will be set for the Guest OS when running Guest Customization.
8. This template will be deployed without a preconfigured NIC to avoid MAC-conflicts. However your Org VDC networks will be listed here, we will be adding NIC later on so you can press Next -> Finish here.
9. You should now have a new deployed VM within your vApp, vCloud will see the Windows Server 2016 OS as "Windows Server Threshold".
10. Now let's configure the new VM, right click the VM and go to Properties.
11. In the general tab you can once again customize your Virtual Machine Name & Computer name before we run the Guest Customization.
12. Choose your desired Hardware resources under the Hardware-tab. Please note that you will not be able to expand the "Disk 0" (C:) drive directly after deploying the VM. A system administrator (Cloudmore team) needs to consolidate the disk before this disk can be expanded, contact support@cloudmore.com for help with this procedure. You can however add additional disks right away using the Add-button. Additional disks needs to be taken Online / Initialized / Formatted within the Guest OS (use diskmgmt.msc for this).
13. Add a NIC to the new VM using the Add-button. Check "Show network adapter type" to be able to change adapter. VMXNET 3 is the recommended adapter within the vCloud infrastructure & should be used if no other reasons not to.
14. In the "Guest OS Customization" tab we can enable the vCloud-director to customize the new VM. Read the text carefully, as this template has already previously been powered on, customizaton for "Change SID" & "Password Reset" will only be configured using the "Power on and Force Recustomization" option. The NIC IP-settings will however be customized each time the VM is powered on, if you would like to use the Guest OS entirely for NIC configuration, disable "Enable guest customization" later. Press OK to save your new options.
15. Right click the VM and press "Power On and Force Recustomization". The vCloud director will now change SID, set the desired local administrator password & set the NIC IP-settings and boot the VM with the hardware resources you chose.
16. Once booted you should see the login screen. Login with Administrator + the password you chose.
Done!