Become familiar with the following terminology, which is used with both VMware and Reservation Manager:
Custom Specifications are the XML files that contain the operating system configuration settings for customizing the guest operating system when a new virtual machine is created and deployed. Custom Specification is a VMware specific technology.
A datastore is the physical location where virtual machine files are stored and is both platform and host-independent.
A host is a physical computer that uses VMware software to run virtual machines; it is sometimes referred to as ESX or ESXi.
A System Preparation Tool (sysprep) is used to configure Microsoft Windows XP Vista 2003, and 2008 operating systems. The Custom Specification file contains the sysprep settings.
Virtual Center (vCenter) is the VMware management interface (server and client) that provides centralized control of the VMware infrastructure.
A virtual machine is software that emulates a computer system configuration including the software that runs on the system.
A virtual machine template (VM template) is an image of a virtual machine. You can use the image as a master copy to create and deploy new virtual machines.
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