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== Creating a Guest Operating System Profile ==
Guest operating system profiles provide an outline configuration for the operating system which is to run inside a virtual machine. As with the hardware profile, a guest OS profile may be used in the construction of a virtual machine template.
Guest Operating System profiles are also created from within the ''Library'' view of the VMM Administrator Console. With the view displayed, click on the ''New guest OS profile'' link located in the ''Actions'' pane to invoke the wizard as illustrated below:
[[Image:vmm_2008_new_guest_os_profile.jpg|The VMM 2008 new guest OS profile wizard]]
The ''General'' screen requires that the profile be named and an owner with an Active Directory domain account assigned. An optional description may also be provided. The ''Guest OS'' tab allows a number of operating system specific settings to be configured into the profile:
[[Image:vmm_2008_guest_os_profile_settings.jpg|The VMM 2008 guest OS profile settings]]
The following settings are available for configuration:
* '''Computer name''' - Allows the name of the computer to be defined. Since a profile may be used for many different virtual machines on the same network, having the sdame computer name for all systems is likely to cause problems. To avoid this problem, an asterisk may be entered into this field to instruct VMM to assign a random computer name to the guest OS when it is created.
* '''Admin Password''' - The password for the Administrator account on the guest operating system.
* '''Product Key''' - The product key needed to register the guest operating system after installation.
* '''Time Zone''' - The time zone in which the virtual machine and guest operating system will be operating.
* '''Operating System''' - The operating system type which will be running in the virtual machine.
* '''Domain/Workgroup''' - The Windows Workgroup or Active Directory Domain of which the guest operating system is to be a member. In the case of a domain based guest, the user name and password of a user may be provided.
* '''Answer file''' - An optional answer file to automate the installation process of the guest OS in the form of a SysRep.info or Unattend.xml file. The file must be stored in the Library share folder.
* '''GUIRunOnce Commands''' - Commands to be executed the first time a user logs into the guest operating.
