W2K8 Std R2 with SP1 Problem using VMware Customization

I ran into an interesting problem at a client yesterday with W2K8 Std R2 Server with SP1.
The problem is when using the VMware Customization to sysprep the server you will get a blue screen and the server continues to reboot.
To fix this don't use SP1 and it works fine. I will post a bit more info on this when I get some time, I just wanted to get this out quickly to save someone else from going through this heartache we just did.

How to Enable Telnet on Windows 7

I still rely on Telnet. The problem is Windows 7 does not enable the Telnet client by default. Well here's how in 5 quick steps! 

1. Start Button then select the Control Panel
2. Select Programs And Features
3. Select Turn Windows Features On or Off
4. Check off the Telnet Client
5. Select OK

How to remove a Virtual Center Server from Liked Mode

No option is available to remove a Virtual Center Server from a Linked Mode VC. You must run the VC setup again in order to remove the VC Server from linked mode.
1. Run Virtual Center setup.exe
2. Choose Modify Linked Mode configuration
3. Make sure that the Isolate this VCenter Server instance from linked mode group is checked off before slecting Next
Be Patient this can take a while...
You also will lose conncetivity to VCenter during this process and you will need to restart the VI client.

My top 5 VMware Tools

1. Putty http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
2. RVTools http://www.robware.net/
3. RDP Plugin http://xtravirt.com/vsphere-client-rdp-plug-in
4. FastSCP from Veeam http://www.veeam.com/
5. WinSCP http://winscp.net/eng/download.php

Installing VMtools on a Novell Sever VM

Power on the Novell Server VM
Select VM and then select Install VMware Tools
Open a console session on the Novell VM Server
Close the Novell GUI if it is running 
From the Novell Server : Prompt
: Load CDDVD
: vmwtools:\setup.ncf
Once the VMtools install has completed you can End the VMware Tools Install
Done!