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3 PS Series Template Volumes and Thin Clones: How and When to Use Them | TR1063
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Configuring template volumes and thin clones ............................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Creating template volumes and thin clones ....................................................................................................... 6
3 Use cases for template volumes and thin clones ......................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Hyper-V virtual machine deployment using thin clones...................................................................................... 7
3.2 SQL Server database distribution using template databases ............................................................................ 7
3.3 Providing a powerful VMware test environment using thin clones ................................................................... 12
4 Summary .................................................................................................................................................................... 19
A Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 20
A.1 Related resources............................................................................................................................................. 20