Join VDI Machines to Domain

[timbogues]

If I want to join the VDI machines to my Windows Domain, how would I go about doing this so that when they are re-populated each time restoring from initial snapshop they re-join the domain with same computer name? Is there a way to pull the machine name from KVM and use that to name it? Any suggestions are welcome...

[Seitanas]

You should join domain once on initial machine. After that you should enable virtual snapshots. In this way VDI machines will continue to be in domain, bur their instance will be reset on each reboot. I suggest you use sysprep for that .
More info on that:
https://github.com/Seitanas/kvm-vdi/wiki/KVM:-Our-practice

[timbogues]

When I use sysprep script, how can I have the VDI machines re-join the domain using a unique name? Like, if I name the initial machine machine01, then how can I have machine02, machine03, etc join the domain using a unique name so that there are no conflictions?

Thank you!

[timbogues]

When I use sysprep script, how can I have the VDI machines re-join the domain using a unique name? Like, if I name the initial machine machine01, then how can I have machine02, machine03, etc join the domain using a unique name so that there are no conflictions?

Thank you!

[Seitanas]

You should run sysprep sript on Initial machine which renames machine/joins it into domain on next startup. After runing this script you should shutdown Initial machine and start VDI instances form that Initial image. This way VDI instances should name themselves and join domain.

[timbogues]

Ok, but my question is what will they use for the "name"? Something random or can I have it pull from the VM name?

[Seitanas]

No, you cannot get VM name into virtual machine.
You should find a way to generate your own unique names (like using VM IP, or MAC addres for that).

[timbogues]

Ok, that works. Thank you for the clarification.