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Supported guest operating systems in vCloud Director 5.1 (2034491)
Purpose
vCloud Director 5.1 supports a wide variety of 32bit and 64bit operating systems in its virtual machine templates and virtual machines. VMware recommends that you use virtual hardware version 9, but you can still import virtual hardware version 4 virtual machines.
This article lists all of the available supported operating systems in vCloud Director 5.1 and whether they are supported for customization.
Resolution
A guest operating system is an operating system that runs inside a virtual machine. You can install a guest operating system in a virtual machine and control guest operating system customization for virtual machines created from vApp templates.
These tables outline whether customization is automatic or manual:
Microsoft Windows 32bit guest operating system support
Operating System
Virtual Machine Version
Customization Support
Microsoft Windows 8
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows 7
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows Vista
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Version 9
Automatic
Microsoft Windows 64bit guest operating system support
