Hi Jim, I've commented on an issue like this one before, I use a vbscript that queries the router to get the name and then changes the Windows name to this. This vbscript is run during the sysprep imaging:
I use a combination of vbs scripts, cmd and curl. Essentially the script runs: ipconfig /all | findstr /C:""DHCP Server"" which gives me the IP address of the VR in my environment (this will change for each region so can't be hardcoded). I then use some regular expressions to strip out that IP address. A curl to http://IPADDRESS/latest/local-hostname will give you the name that the machine is meant to have. Then all you need to do is run: netdom renamecomputer localhost /newname:"& newName &" /Force /reboot 30 Hope this helps On 17 January 2013 02:15, Jason Davis <scr...@gmail.com> wrote: > FWIW this is fairly well documented in the admin guide or at least it was > in 2.x-3.x of CS. > On Jan 16, 2013 6:46 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. > > > > >
