ESX 3.x – Virtual Machine templates

If you’re getting the “windows customization resources were not found” error when trying to clone a vm from a template, then check this article out:

http://www.cdh.com/newsResources/articles/LetsGoDeep/

Basically, you have to extract the correct sysprep files for each OS into the following folder on the Virtual Center server:

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep\

For example:

Windows 2003

1. Download sysprep tools from here.
2. Extract to c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep\svr2003
3. Restart the Virtual Infrastructure Client