What is VM generalize?

What is VM generalize?

Generalizing removes machine specific information so the image can be used to create multiple VMs. Once the VM has been generalized, you need to let the platform know that the VM has been generalized so that the boot sequence can be set correctly. Once a VM is generalized, it should not be restarted.

What is a generalized image?

A generalized image is a capture of an already installed Operating System without the machine specific settings and without user’s settings. For example the machine name, its SID, the administrator password and so on are not retained when capturing the image.

What is Waagent in Linux?

The Microsoft Azure Linux Agent (waagent) manages Linux & FreeBSD provisioning, and VM interaction with the Azure Fabric Controller. In addition to the Linux Agent providing provisioning functionality, Azure also provides the option of using cloud-init for some Linux OSes.

Which of the following are part of provisioning agent roles?

Provisioning agent responsibilities

  • Creation of a user account.
  • Configuring SSH authentication types.
  • Deployment of SSH public keys and key pairs.
  • Setting the host name.
  • Publishing the host name to the platform DNS.
  • Reporting SSH host key fingerprint to the platform.
  • Resource Disk Management.

Why do we generalize VM?

Generalization is process of creating custom images on virtual machines. The image will have all the software configuration of the virtual machine which is used to create the image. Using this base image we can create new virtual machines which will have default software configuration as per the virtual machine image.

How do I start a generalized virtual machine?

1) go to the “Disks” page in the Azure Portal: 2) Click on the disk that is attached to the generalized VM. 3) Then click “Create Snapshot”, and fill in the form: 4) After the snapshot is generated, go to the Disks page, and click “Add”.

How do you generalize an image?

Run Sysprep. If the System Preparation Tool window is still open, click Generalize, click Shutdown, and then click OK to generalize the image and shut down the PC. Run Sysprep from Command Prompt. Run %WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe to open the System Preparation Window.

What is capture in Azure VM?

Captures the VM by copying virtual hard disks of the VM and outputs a template that can be used to create similar VMs.

What is OMS agent Linux?

The agent for Linux enables rich and real-time analytics for operational data (Syslog, performance, alerts, inventory) from Linux servers, Docker containers and monitoring tools like Nagios, Zabbix and System Center.

What is WA agent?

The Microsoft Azure Linux Agent (waagent) manages Linux provisioning and VM interaction with the Azure Fabric Controller. The agent is installed on all CloudGuard for Azure Virtual Machines (Gateway, High Availability, VMSS, Management, MultiDomain Server).

What is Azure Fabric Controller?

The Azure Fabric Controller (FC) is the part of the Windows Azure platform that monitors and manages servers and coordinates resources for software applications. It provisions, stores, delivers, monitors and commands the virtual machines (VMs) and physical servers that make up Azure.

What is Cors in Azure?

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is an HTTP feature that enables a web application running under one domain to access resources in another domain. You can configure the Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) setting from the Azure portal or from an Azure Resource Manager template.

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