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Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

  • 1.  Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted Jan 03, 2017 03:31 PM

    I recently asked support for some information on best practices for creating a win10 image and was provided some outdated links (see below), so I wrote up an article with the steps I followed for creating a base win10 image using VMWare (tested with 1511 and 1607).

    Let me know if anyone has any feedback for improving my process.  I still have a bit more learning to do with cleaning up the start menu.

    https://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/creating-win10-image-vmware-workstation

    In case anyone from Symantec sees this, maybe they should test the process to confirm if these articles are no longer valid (which is what I found) HOWTO125161 & TECH223595.



  • 2.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Posted Jan 03, 2017 10:18 PM

    One thing to keep in mind.

    If you use Symantec Workspace Virtualization, it will cause all of your 1607 machines to BSOD.

    We have been working with Symantec for months on this and they said that a fix was coming soon.

    We noticed that they EOLed  this product yesterday 1/2/1017 while we have a active case open.

    They didn't even tell us they were going to discontinue the product all this time we were working with them to move from 1511 to 1607.

     



  • 3.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Posted Jan 04, 2017 05:44 AM

    Can you please let us know where you found this EOL announcement, as I have searched the virtualization forums and could not find it? 



  • 4.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Posted Jan 04, 2017 05:46 AM

    Can you please let us know how you came about this EOL announcement, as I could not find it within the virtualization forums? 



  • 5.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Posted Jan 04, 2017 07:04 AM

    Hi SK.

     

    They sent an email yesterday talking about the Workspace Virtualization and Streaming EOL. Probably they will post anything about that very soon.

     

    Regards,



  • 6.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Posted Jan 04, 2017 08:55 AM

    It was emailed to the company I am currently doing professional services for as well. Here is a copy of what they received:

     

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    Symantec End-of-Life, End-of-Availability and End-of-Support Announcement

     

    Symantec™ Workspace Virtualization and Symantec™ Workspace Streaming

     

     

     

    January 4, 2017

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Dear Valued Symantec Customer,

     

    Symantec Corporation hereby informs you that we will be discontinuing the availability of Symantec Workspace Virtualization and Symantec Workspace Streaming. This letter contains important information to users of these products and related technology.

     

     

    Current Product

    Replacement Product

    Symantec Workspace Virtualization

    No Replacement

    Symantec Workspace Streaming

    No Replacement

     

     

    End Of Support:

     

    Symantec Corporation will End of Life (“EOL”) the product(s) identified in this notification including any Hot Fixes and/or patches for each version, in all released languages. Technical support and content updates for customers with current Email-only Support, Basic Maintenance Support or Essential Support will be available according to the dates in the table below.

     

     

    Product

    Version

    End of Life

    End of Standard Support

    End of Extended Support / End of Support Life

    Symantec Workspace Virtualization

    7.x

    January 2, 2017

    January 2, 2018

    July 2, 2018

    Symantec Workspace Streaming

    7.x

    January 2, 2017

    January 2, 2018

    July 2, 2018

     

     

    Note: In addition to the End of Life of Symantec Workspace Virtualization and Symantec Workspace Streaming, the application virtualization and streaming features currently included in IT Management Suite and Client Management Suite are being deprecated. While these features will continue to be shipped as part of IT Management Suite and Client Management Suite, they will not receive feature enhancements and will be subject to the same support dates as those provided in the table above for Symantec Workspace Virtualization and Symantec Workspace Streaming.

     

    For more information regarding the End of Life of Symantec Workspace Virtualization and Symantec Workspace Streaming, please see the FAQ document: http://www.symantec.com/docs/INFO4060

     

    For more information regarding End of Life Events and Timings, please refer to the End of Life Policy for Symantec Business Software Products at: http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/other_resources/b-end_of_life_policy_for_business_products.en-us.pdf

     

     

     

    For more information regarding the services provided in Limited Support, and Content Updates, please refer to the Symantec Enterprise Technical Support Policy at the link below or, alternatively, contact your Symantec Account Manager: http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/support/support_policies.jsp

     

    To receive timely notification on updates and the support lifecycle for your Symantec product please sign up at the following link to receive Symantec Technical Support News Bulletins: http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/support/news_bulletins/

     

    We would also recommend that you periodically check our website by selecting your product, then release details, for information with respect to End of Life and End of Support Life for your specific Licensed Software.

     

    Symantec is committed to helping our customers achieve success with their Symantec solutions. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact your Symantec Partner or your Symantec Corporation Account Manager.

     

    Thank you for using Symantec products and services.

     

    Sincerely, 
    Symantec Corporation

     

     

    Helpful contact information:

     

    NOTE: Please do not reply to this email as it is electronically generated, and this mailbox is not monitored. Instead, please use the Customer Care link below to request assistance.

     

    Customer Care and Technical Support:

    https://support.symantec.com/en_US/contact-support.html

     

    To learn more about Symantec products:

    http://www.symantec.com

     

     

     

    Having trouble reading this email?

     



  • 7.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted Jan 04, 2017 10:13 AM

    As soon as I started reading your post I was thinking.. I think I read somewhere that was EOL'd (I got the same email, but I don't use the product).  Sorry for the pain point for you.  Probably the engineers you were working with didn't see it coming, either.  



  • 8.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Posted Jan 05, 2017 07:26 AM

    Wow.  This is an extract from the PDF they provide via its link within that anouncement email as to why they have decided to do this: 

     

     

     

    Why is Symantec announcing the End of Life of Symantec Workspace Virtualization and Symantec Workspace Streaming?

    Symantec is announcing the End of Life of Symantec Workspace Virtualization and Symantec Workspace Streaming to increase focus on its core security and management strategy. The impact of this move will be evident as early as the next release of ITMS in the first half of 2017, when a number of new and compelling capabilities will be introduced for the first time to Symantec Endpoint Management customers.



  • 9.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Posted Jan 24, 2017 01:31 PM

    In the url: https://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/creating-win10-image-vmware-workstation you mentioned the CMS 8.0 HF4 is required. In my production environment I am still on 7.6 HF7; are there just advantages in having 8HF4 instead of 7.6HF7? Right now I have my first Windows 10 image built from build 10240 (found in msinfo32). I recently obtained 10 x64 Enterprise Build 1607 I did plan on a new image of 10 anyway. My first 10 image was preliminary and not perfect by any means. Again, it will be uploaded to the NS running 7.6 HF7. BTW, we will be on 8 sometime once we purchase a brand new server. I did not wnat to do an in place upgrade form 7.6 to 8 on a six year old server.

    Does anyone have info on the big differences between build 1607 and 10240?



  • 10.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted Jan 25, 2017 09:42 AM

    I was just going by the release notes for CMS 8.0 HF4 that mention adding support for win10 1607 - links to this doc

     



  • 11.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jan 27, 2017 04:06 PM

    10240 is the initial release build of Windows 10. 1607 is the Anniversary release. There are issues in the 10240 related to imaging that causes issues with the menu's, etc. Microsoft Released fixes through updates to the product. 1607 doesn't have the same black screen issues. As to the suggested methods for getting the product ready for sysprep, in the build of 1607 I just installed, without running any updates, I still had to follow the instructions for removing the metro apps via powershell to allow Sysprep to function. I didn't test if it would work without following the instructions to disable the windows update services. I did that before i did the powershell removal of the metro apps.

    In other words, on an unpatched (no updates), fresh install of 1607, I used both of the articles mentioned and was able to successfully capture a sysprepped Windows 10 image. (HOWTO125161, TECH223595). 

    My next step was to run all the latest updates and test again.



  • 12.  RE: Creating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted Jan 30, 2017 10:38 AM

    @russ  - what version of 1607 were you using?  I am curious what forced you to remove apps that didn't present an issue for me.  I was using edu, but I believe I tested enterprise as well.

    At least here, the preferred method for image building is to touch the OS as little as possible (I am glad I didn't have to touch the metro apps).