BLUSH On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 09:46, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > KISS. > John W. Cook > Systems Administrator > Partnership for Strong Families > > From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:35 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: things to include in a vm server template? > > > Fully agree. My images are all pretty lean. Drivers and sometimes base os > updates. > > > > From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 10:35 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: things to include in a vm server template? > > > > Any app that gets updated regularly for security updates (a PDF reader, etc) > I wouldn’t have on my template – have a GPO or something push them once the > server is built and online. The less places you have to keep something up to > date the better. > > > > Dave > > > > From: John Cook [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 7:49 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: things to include in a vm server template? > > > > I don’t install anything that isn’t absolutely necessary so I don’t have any > PDF reader or other third party apps in my template (I don’t put a PDF > reader on any server for that matter but that’s a personal preference just > like not browsing the web with a server). I also don’t disable IPV6, it > breaks a lot of things and it can easily be turned off after the fact if > there is an issue with it. I go very basic, all Windows updates and AV and I > convert it to a VM occasionally to run updates and return it to template > state. > > > > John W. Cook > > System Administrator > > Partnership For Strong Families > > 5950 NW 1st Place > > Gainesville, Fl 32607 > > Office (352) 244-1610 > > Cell (352) 215-6944 > > MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > > > From: Jonathan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 10:43 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: things to include in a vm server template? > > > > Like I said, I was torn about Adobe Reader, but you're saying PrimoPDF is an > issue as well? Why? What vulnerability/ies does PrimoPDF expose to your > environment? > > > > Jonathan > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: > > My list: > > Common scripts folder I use a lot > > A LogOff icon in the QuickLaunch. > > Bginfo (Altough I have a GPO doing this now). > > A DR Tools Folder. (Random tools I have found myself using when doing test > DR Restores. Great if you restored but are stuck in safe mode or something) > > > > Everything else is run off a network share so I only have to update one > location > > > > > > Oh, and seriously get those PDF tools OFF your servers. > > > > Sam > > > > > > From: Jonathan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:45 PM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: things to include in a vm server template? > > > > Hi everyone! > > > > It has been a while....I've been quite busy and haven't had much time to do > anything here other than occasionally lurk.... > > > > I'm in the midst of building some Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 templates for > my new vSphere 5 environment. I'm close to being done, but am thinking about > tools i should include over and above the stock OS install. I'm interested > to hear what you guys install when you build servers... > > > > For instance, perhaps things like: > > > > primopdf > > msinfo > > a telnet client, such as putty > > adobe reader (I'm torn on this one because of how many security concerns > there are with Adobe Reader, historically, but it sure would be handy to be > able to view a PDF on the fly) > > Portscanner, such as SuperScan or AngryIP > > > > I'm curious to hear about your add-ons and tweaks. I've already got the > builds pretty well tweaked for performance, but if you have any specific > tweaks that have been helpful, I'd love to hear those too. I used this as a > sort of base guide: > > > > http://www.jasonsamuel.com/2010/05/07/how-to-build-a-vmware-vsphere-vm-template-for-windows-server-2008-r2/ > > > > I made a few of my own modifications, but didn't stray too far from this > one. 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