Jim, Kristoffer is correct that you should look into Sysprep. Specifically, Sysprep has an option to automatically generate a computer name when the clone first boots.
If you're looking for a fancier solution, it should be possible to have Sysprep launch a script on first boot which would query the instance metadata for the local-hostname, change the computer name, and then reboot. - Chris On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Kristoffer Sheather - Cloud Central < kristoffer.sheat...@cloudcentral.com.au> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > This will likely be a Microsoft Sysprep task - look there for answers. > > Regards, > > Kristoffer Sheather > Cloud Central > Scale Your Data Center In The Cloud > Phone: 1300 144 007 | Mobile: +61 414 573 130 | Email: > k...@cloudcentral.com.au > LinkedIn: | Skype: kristoffer.sheather | Twitter: > http://twitter.com/kristofferjon > > ---------------------------------------- > From: "Jim L." <j...@pobox.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:09 AM > To: cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Renaming Windows Computername from new Template Instances > > Hi, > > I'm trying to figure out how to get Cloudstack 3.0.2 (or VMWare, my > compute host) to automatically change the computername of a new > Windows guest VM created from a template. It looks like the SID > changes, but the computername remains the same. Anyone have a > solution for this problem? > > Thanks - Jim L. > >
