I used to use SysPrep on client machines and some servers that didn't have specific roles along time ago. It's great for creating a baseline, but yes, you do loose some configuration in using it. It's not the same as creating a virtual clone.
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 2:57 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:49 AM, OmPrakash Muppirala > <bigosma...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Erik, > > > > Can grab an image of your VM in the meantime by following the steps here: > > > > > > > http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/windows/how-to-guides/capture-an-image/ > > > > Thanks, > > Om > > > > Please read the docs before starting sysprep on that golden VM. It seems > like the vm becomes unusable after that. But the good thing is that you > can make a clone from that image and things should work normally. Just a > heads up... > > Om > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On 7/9/13 11:14 AM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >> > >> >> Also, there should be a way to split tests cases across VMs to speed > >> up > >> >> the runs. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >This seems to be the sort of thing that Apache Hadoop could help out > >> with. > >> > Anyone here with Hadoop knowledge that can tackle this issue? > >> Don't know about Hadoop, but there is a file called mustella1.properties > >> in mustella/properties that also sets up some excludes. It might be > >> possible to simply modify that list to exclude different folders on a > >> couple of machines. > >> > >> > > >
