VM-Generation ID support in vSphere

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
VM-Generation ID allow administrators to safely clone Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 domain controllers.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7

Resolution

The VM-Generation ID feature allows hypervisor vendors to expose a virtual machine identifier that a Windows Server 2012 and above Domain Controller uses to detect the state of a virtual machine.

VM-Generation ID used by Microsoft for virtualizing Domain Controllers is now supported by VMware vSphere 6.x and above releases.

Guest OS supported is Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 for more information please do visit the vendor document here 
 

Additional Information

vSphere での VM-Generation ID のサポートについて