Virtual

Machine Configuration
Rob Freiburger
Process to create and configure Parallels Desktop for Mac virtual machines with ITCB Windows and deployment.

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1. Launch Parallels and click File > New. 2. The New Virtual Machine Assistant appears. Click the Install from: drop-down menu and select Continue without disc. Click Continue.

3. Choose your operating system. Most likely it will be Windows 7. Click OK.

4. Click Like a PC and click Continue.

5. Name the virtual machine with this naming schema: ITCB {ITCB #} {W7|WXP} {64|32}bit {30|100}GB For example, an ITCB 3.06 W7 64bit VM with a 30GB HD would be named: ITCB 3.06 W7 64bit 30GB (see screenshot below) Check Customize settings before installation and click Create.

6. The VM window and the VM Settings window will appear. Set CPUs to at least 2 (depends on ability of Mac used for VM build). Set Memory to half of total RAM installed on Mac. Click the Options tab.

7. Click Optimization on the left section. Select Faster Mac from the Performance drop-down menu. Check Enable Adaptive Hypervisor. Select Longer battery life from the Power drop-down menu.

 8. Click Sharing on the left section. Check Share Mac user folders with Windows. A modal window will drop down. Click Continue.

9. Click Applications on the left section. Check Show Dock icons in Coherence only. Uncheck Share Mac applications with Windows.

 10. This step is for Windows 7 VMs only. Click Coherence on the left section. Check Disable Windows Aero.

11. Click Security on the left section. Check Isolate Mac from Windows. A modal drop-down window appears. Click Isolate.

 12. Click the Hardware tab. Click Floppy Disk on the left section. Click the Minus (-) button. Click Hard Disk 1 on the left section. Click the Minus (-) button.

13. Click Network 1 on the left section. Change Type to Default Adapter.

 14. Click Video on the left section. Uncheck Enable 3D acceleration. Uncheck Enable vertical synchronization.

15. Click the Plus (+) button on the bottom-left screen. Click Hard Disk. Drag the size slider to the specified size in the VMs name. For disk less than 64GB, Check Split the disk image into 2 GB files. By default OS X is limited to 256 open files; each split 2GB file counts as an open file.

 16. Click OK and start the VM. 17. The VM will acquire a DHCP address and ask you to press F8 within 10 seconds. Pressing Function + F8 wont work. Click the Keyboard icon at the bottom of the VM window then click F8. If you miss the key press within time, you can stop and restart the VM to try again. See VM ITCB Boot Menu.m4v for example. 18. NOTE: When working in the VM, you can press CTRL + OPTION to release control of the keyboard and mouse from the VM. Use the arrow keys to choose which OS you are installing and press Enter.

19. The Windows build will automatically download and start installing. The majority of the process is completely automated, but your attention is still required. 20. If an installer for Parallels Tools appears, cancel it immediately. If Parallels Tools installs prematurely, the VM will fail to build and a new VM will need to be created. 21. When the Ready for Personalization window appears, install Parallels Tools and uninstall PGP Desktop. Shut down the VM when done. 22. Click the Virtual Machine menu in the Menu Bar and click Compress.

 23. Open VM Configuration, click Options tab, and click Startup and Shutdown on the left section. Start Automatically: When Parallels Desktop starts Startup View: Window On Shutdown: Quit Parallels Desktop On Window Close: Suspend

24. Visit this page in Safari: W7: ---- WXP: ---- Drag and drop the URL from Safari to the Desktop to make a link file. Rename it to Personalization Instructions. Move the file to the same folder where the VM is located. 25. Launch Disk Utility. Click File > New > Disk Image from Folder. Save name as VM format in step 5, replacing spaces with dashes. Click Save. Disk Utility will compress folder into a distributable disk image. This will take time but attention is not required. 26. Upload disk image to JSS and create/duplicate a policy.