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Defining settings for ESX servers

In a system package, you specify settings so the provisioning process can set them during the unattended installation of the ESX operating system.

In addition to providing installation settings, a system package can also define a Batch Job that installs software and performs other configurations on the target server.

To define settings for ESX servers

  1. In the Depot folder, navigate to the system package you want to define. Right-click the system package and select Open.
    A tab for the system package appears in the content editor.

  2. Define standard system package settings by clicking the tabs at the bottom of the system package's tab. Each tab represents a category of settings, as described in the following sections:

  3. When you finish defining settings for the system package, click the system package tab and select File > Save.

 

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