Data Object - FarmCustomizationSettings

Class
VMware.Hv.CustomizationSettings
Property of
FarmAutomatedFarmData, FarmAutomatedFarmSpec
See also
ADContainerId, FarmCloneprepCustomizationSettings, FarmSysprepCustomizationSettings, InstantCloneEngineDomainAdministratorId, ViewComposerDomainAdministratorId
Since
Horizon View 6.2

Data Object Description

Customization settings.

Data Object Properties

Properties

Name Type Description
customizationTypexsd:string

Type of customization to use. For linked-clone RDS Servers, this cannot be changed after creation.
  • This property will be one of:
    Value Description
    "SYS_PREP"Microsoft Sysprep is a tool to deploy the configured operating system installation from a base image. The machine can then be customized based on an answer script. Sysprep can modify a larger number of configurable parameters than QuickPrep. This is applicable only to RDS servers belonging to Automated Farms.
    "CLONE_PREP"ClonePrep is a VMware system tool executed by Instant Clone Engine during an instant clone machine deployment. ClonePrep personalizes each machine created from the Master image. This is applicable only to instant clone farm.
domainAdministratorViewComposerDomainAdministratorIdDeprecated. This property is being deprecated since View Composer will no longer be supported from Horizon version 2012 onwards.

View Composer domain administrator. This is the administrator which will add the RDS Servers to its domain upon creation. This must be set for linked-clone RDS Servers.
  • This property need not be set.
instantCloneEngineDomainAdministratorInstantCloneEngineDomainAdministratorId

Instant Clone Engine domain administrator. This is the administrator which will add the machines to its domain upon creation. This must be set for instant clone RDS Servers.

Since Horizon 8.3
  • This property need not be set.
adContainerADContainerId

View Composer Active Directory container for QuickPrep. If unset, this will default to the AD container "CN=Computers".
  • This property need not be set.
reusePreExistingAccountsxsd:boolean

Whether to allow the use of existing AD computer accounts when the VM names of newly created RDS Servers match the existing computer account names. This is applicable only for Automated Farms.
  • This property has a default value of false.
sysprepCustomizationSettingsFarmSysprepCustomizationSettings

Settings when Sysprep customization is requested.
  • This property need not be set.
  • This property is required if customizationType is set to "SYS_PREP".
cloneprepCustomizationSettingsFarmCloneprepCustomizationSettings

Settings when ClonePrep customization is requested.

Since Horizon 7.1
  • This property need not be set.