When you use a workflow which as an input parameter data type vc:VirtualMachineGuestOSIdentifier(VMGuestOS), you can provide the index number which corresponds to the VM's guest Operating System name. Use the index number from the table. For example, to execute the Create Custom Virtual Machine workflow to create a DOS Operating System, you provide the input parameter in the following format: vc:VirtualMachineGuestOSIdentifier(1).

Index Numbers for Guest Operating System Identifier

Index Virtual Machine Guest Operating System Name
1 dosGuest
2 win31Guest
3 win95Guest
4 win98Guest
5 winMeGuest
6 winNTGuest
7 win2000ProGuest
8 win2000ServGuest
9 win2000AdvServGuest
10 winXPHomeGuest
11 winXPProGuest
12 winXPPro64Guest
13 winNetWebGuest
14 winNetStandardGuest
15 winNetEnterpriseGuest
16 winNetDatacenterGuest
17 winNetBusinessGuest
18 winNetStandard64Guest
19 winNetEnterprise64Guest
20 winLonghornGuest
21 winLonghorn64Guest
22 winNetDatacenter64Guest
23 winVistaGuest
24 winVista64Guest
25 windows7Guest
26 windows7_64Guest
27 windows7Server64Guest
28 windows8Guest
29 windows8_64Guest
30 windows8Server64Guest
31 windows9Guest
32 windows9_64Guest
33 windows9Server64Guest
34 windowsHyperVGuest
35 freebsdGuest
36 freebsd64Guest
37 redhatGuest
38 rhel2Guest
39 rhel3Guest
40 rhel3_64Guest
41 rhel4Guest
42 rhel4_64Guest
43 rhel5Guest
44 rhel5_64Guest
45 rhel6Guest
46 rhel6_64Guest
47 rhel7Guest
48 rhel7_64Guest
49 centosGuest
50 centos64Guest
51 centos6Guest
52 centos6_64Guest
53 centos7Guest
54 centos7_64Guest
55 oracleLinuxGuest
56 oracleLinux64Guest
57 oracleLinux6Guest
58 oracleLinux6_64Guest
59 oracleLinux7Guest
60 oracleLinux7_64Guest
61 suseGuest
62 suse64Guest
63 slesGuest
64 sles64Guest
65 sles10Guest
66 sles10_64Guest
67 sles11Guest
68 sles11_64Guest
69 sles12Guest
70 sles12_64Guest
71 nld9Guest
72 oesGuest
73 sjdsGuest
74 mandrakeGuest
75 mandrivaGuest
76 mandriva64Guest
77 turboLinuxGuest
78 turboLinux64Guest
79 ubuntuGuest
80 ubuntu64Guest
81 debian4Guest
82 debian4_64Guest
83 debian5Guest
84 debian5_64Guest
85 debian6Guest
86 debian6_64Guest
87 debian7Guest
88 debian7_64Guest
89 debian8Guest
90 debian8_64Guest
91 debian9Guest
92 debian9_64Guest
93 debian10Guest
94 debian10_64Guest
95 asianux3Guest
96 asianux3_64Guest
97 asianux4Guest
98 asianux4_64Guest
99 asianux5_64Guest
100 asianux7_64Guest
101 opensuseGuest
102 opensuse64Guest
103 fedoraGuest
104 fedora64Guest
105 coreos64Guest
106 vmwarePhoton64Guest
107 other24xLinuxGuest
108 other26xLinuxGuest
109 otherLinuxGuest
110 other3xLinuxGuest
111 genericLinuxGuest
112 other24xLinux64Guest
113 other26xLinux64Guest
114 other3xLinux64Guest
115 otherLinux64Guest
116 solaris6Guest
117 solaris7Guest
118 solaris8Guest
119 solaris9Guest
120 solaris10Guest
121 solaris10_64Guest
122 solaris11_64Guest
123 os2Guest
124 eComStationGuest
125 eComStation2Guest
126 netware4Guest
127 netware5Guest
128 netware6Guest
129 openServer5Guest
130 openServer6Guest
131 unixWare7Guest
132 darwinGuest
133 darwin64Guest
134 darwin10Guest
135 darwin10_64Guest
136 darwin11Guest
137 darwin11_64Guest
138 darwin12_64Guest
139 darwin13_64Guest
140 darwin14_64Guest
141 darwin15_64Guest
142 darwin16_64Guest
143 vmkernelGuest
144 vmkernel5Guest
145 vmkernel6Guest
146 vmkernel65Guest
147 otherGuest
148 otherGuest64