Specifications

Basic System Administration
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templates.Virtualmachinescanbetransformedintotemplateswithoutrequiringafull
copyofthevirtualmachinefilesandthecreationofanewobject.
Youcanusetemplatestocreatenewvirtualmachinesbydeployingthetemplateasa
virtualmachine.Whencomplete,thedeployedvirtualmachineisaddedto
thefolder
chosenbytheuserwhenthetemplatewascreated.
Toviewtemplates,selectthedatacenterandselecttheVirtualMachinestab.Allvirtual
machinesandtemplatesforthedatacenterarevisiblefromhere.Virtualmachinesand
templateshavedifferenticons.
Creating Templates
Therearethreewaystocreateatemplate:
 Usinganexistingvirtualmachineinplace.Thisprocessconvertstheoriginal
virtualmachine.
 Cloningavirtualmachinetoatemplate.
 Cloninganexistingtemplate.
virtual machine icon
template icon