Vcenter Guest GuiUnattended

The Vcenter Guest GuiUnattended schema maps to the GuiUnattended key in the sysprep.xml answer file. These values are plugged directly into the sysprep.xml file that VirtualCenter stores on the target virtual disk. For more detailed information about performing unattended installations, check https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771830(v=ws.10).aspx

This schema was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

JSON Example

{
    "auto_logon": false,
    "auto_logon_count": 0,
    "password": "string",
    "time_zone": 0
}

boolean

auto_logon

Required

Flag to determine whether or not the machine automatically logs on as Administrator. See the Vcenter Guest GuiUnattended.password property. If Vcenter Guest GuiUnattended.auto_logon flag is set, then Vcenter Guest GuiUnattended.password must not be missing or null or the guest customization will fail.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

integer As int64 As int64

auto_logon_count

Required

If the Vcenter Guest GuiUnattended.auto_logon flag is set, then this property specifies the number of times the machine should automatically log on as Administrator. Generally it should be 1, but if the setup requires a number of reboots, you may want to increase it. This number may be determined by the list of commands.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

string As password As password

password

Optional

The new administrator password for the machine. To specify that the password should be set to blank (that is, no password), leave it unset.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

If missing or null, blank password will be used.

integer As int64 As int64

time_zone

Required

The time zone index for the virtual machine. Numbers correspond to time zones at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/973627/microsoft-time-zone-index-values

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.