I always find myself looking for these on VMware's SDK site when deploying vCAC at customers, so I decided to make them handy for easy use and hopefully searchable straight from the popular search engines too.

Be sure to add this property to your Property Groups for whatever OS you’re using: VMware.VirtualCenter.OperatingSystem, with the value from the table below.

  
    O/S
    vCenter Value
  
    CentOS 4/5
    centosGuest
  
    CentOS 4/5 (64-bit)
    centos64Guest
  
    Debian GNU/Linux 7
    debian7Guest
  
    Debian GNU/Linux 7 (64 bit)
    debian7_64Guest
  
    Fedora Linux
    fedoraGuest
  
    Fedora Linux (64 bit)
    fedora64Guest
  
    FreeBSD
    freebsdGuest
  
    FreeBSD x64
    freebsd64Guest
  
    MS-DOS.
    dosGuest
  
    OpenSUSE Linux
    opensuseGuest
  
    OpenSUSE Linux (64 bit)
    opensuse64Guest
  
    Other Linux
    genericLinuxGuest
  
    Other Operating System
    otherGuest
  
    Other Operating System (64 bit) (experimental)
    otherGuest64
  
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    rhel6Guest
  
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64 bit)
    rhel6_64Guest
  
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    rhel7Guest
  
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64 bit)
    rhel7_64Guest
  
    Suse Linux
    suseGuest
  
    Suse Linux (64 bit)
    suse64Guest
  
    Suse linux Enterprise Server 12
    sles12Guest
  
    Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64 bit)
    sles12_64Guest
  
    Ubuntu Linux
    ubuntuGuest
  
    Ubuntu Linux (64 bit)
    ubuntu64Guest
  
    VMware ESX 4
    vmkernelGuest
  
    VMware ESX 5
    vmkernel5Guest
  
    Windows Hyper-V
    windowsHyperVGuest
  
    Windows Small Business Server 2003
    winNetBusinessGuest
  
    Windows XP Home Edition
    winXPHomeGuest
  
    Windows XP Professional
    winXPProGuest
  
    Windows XP Professional Edition (64 bit)
    winXPPro64Guest
  
    Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
    winNetDatacenterGuest
  
    Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (64 bit) (experimental)
    winNetDatacenter64Guest
  
    Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
    winNetEnterpriseGuest
  
    Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (64 bit)
    winNetEnterprise64Guest
  
    Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
    winNetStandardGuest
  
    Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (64 bit)
    winNetStandard64Guest
  
    Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
    winNetWebGuest
  
    Windows Vista
    winVistaGuest
  
    Windows Vista (64 bit)
    winVista64Guest
  
    Windows Server 2008 (and R2) (64 bit)
    windows7Server64Guest
  
    Windows 7
    windows7Guest
  
    Windows 7 (64 bit)
    windows7_64Guest
  
    Windows 8
    windows8Guest
  
    Windows 8 (64 bit)
    windows8_64Guest
  
    Windows 2012 (and R2) Server (64 bit)
    windows8Server64Guest
  
    Windows 2016 Server (64 bit)
    windows9Server64Guest

Keep pushing on...

--Chris