CustomizationLinuxPrep

CustomizationLinuxPrep
CustomizationLinuxPrep

This is the Linux counterpart to the Windows Sysprep object.

LinuxPrep contains machine-wide settings that identify a Linux machine in the same way that the Sysprep type identifies a Windows machine.

AllOf
This class requires all of the following:
JSON Example 
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "hostName": {
        "_typeName": "string"
    },
    "domain": "string",
    "timeZone": "string",
    "hwClockUTC": false,
    "scriptText": "string",
    "compatibleCustomizationMethod": "string"
}
CustomizationName
hostName
Required

A base object type for a virtual machine name that can be either fixed or auto-generated.

string
domain
Required

The fully qualified domain name.

string
timeZone
Optional

The case-sensitive timezone, such as Europe/Sofia.

<a href="timezone.html"title="Display list of Valid timeZone values..."> Valid timeZone values are based on the tz (timezone) database used by Linux and other Unix systems. The values are strings (xsd:string) in the form "Area/Location," in which Area is a continent or ocean name, and Location is the city, island, or other regional designation.

See the <a href="https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2145518"target="_blank">List of supported time zones for different vSphere versions in Linux/Unix systems.

boolean
hwClockUTC
Optional

Specifies whether the hardware clock is in UTC or local time.

  • True when the hardware clock is in UTC.
  • False when the hardware clock is in local time.
string
scriptText
Optional

The script to run before and after GOS customization.

string
compatibleCustomizationMethod
Optional

The compatible customization method is an identifier of a customization strategy which is implementable in a group of Linux operating systems.

This value does not need to be set if your operating system is officially supported by VMware guest operating system customization. When using a Linux operating system which hasn't been officially supported and it is designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with an officially supported Linux operating system, it can be customized by an existing customization method.

Please set the compatible customization method to a supported string value e.g. "GOSC_METHOD_1".
See <a href="https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/95903"target="_blank">Supported compatible customization method list.

Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.3.0

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