What I did, 2013.fall:
  - Download a 30-day copy of vmware fusion
    Find a windows image I can use in:  equator:~/Tmp/Windows*
     (it's the same as the student image, but with VSphere installed on it.)
 - ssh root@137.45.192.187 
   cd /vmfs/volumes/datastore1
   cd scripts
 - choose one:   ln -s users-{all,few}.txt users.txt
 - python deletevms.py
   python unregistervms.p
   python delusers.py
 - python createusers.py
   nohup python copyvms.py   -- really, use nohup!

 > Yike, ran out of quota after 22 teams !
   (the image is about 25GB after de-compressing)
   ...Oh: there are files saved 
          as team11/team11_WInXP, as well as just team11/WinXP
          Since I didn't delete old files, it's taking 2x space.



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Hi Ian,

(1) I put an image of Windows XP on whale /faculty/345share/. The zipped version is 7.5 GB.
(2) On 137.45.192.187, the scripts are located at /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/scripts. These are the scripts:


(a) createusers.py, delusers.py (you don't have to run these again -- I just ran them to test them out, so you now have a fresh batch of student accounts. Account password for students is security1# by default). users.txt file contain a list of users. 

(b) copyvms.py: this copies the VM into each team's directory and then adds it to the inventory. You need to run this to make a copy. 

(c) deletevms.py, unregistervms.py: I ran these to clear up the old VMs and remove them from the inventory. 

Hope that helps!
Regards
Prem