User`s guide

Working With Virtual Machines 131
Creating a Virtual Machine Template
If you need to create a number of virtual machines with the same configuration, you can create a
virtual machine template and use it to create new virtual machines.
There are two ways of creating a virtual machine template:
 Convert an existing virtual machine into a virtual machine template.
 Clone an existing virtual machine to a virtual machine template.
If you choose to convert a virtual machine into a template, this virtual machine will change its
operating system icon to a template icon in the list of virtual machines and it will be available as
a template only. You will not be able to run it as a virtual machine.
If you do not want to convert a virtual machine into a template but need to make its copy with
the same configuration, you can make a clone of this virtual machine that will be used as a
template.
To convert an existing virtual machine into a template:
1 Launch Parallels Desktop.
2 Choose the virtual machine you want to convert into a template from the list of Parallels
virtual machines (p. 33).
3 Choose Convert to Template fro
m the File menu.
4 The virtual machine will become a template and will have a different icon indicating that it
is a template.
To clone a virtual machine to a template:
1 Launch Parallels Desktop.
2 Choose the virtual machine you want to clone to a template from the list of Parallels virtual
machines (p. 33).
3 Start Clone to Tem
plate Virtual Machine Assistant by choosing Clone to Template from the
File menu.
4 In the Name and Location window, specify the name and location for the virtual machine
template, and click Clone. You can use the Choose button to change the location.
By default, the virtual machine template files will be placed to the following folder on your
Mac: /Users/UserName/Documents/Parallels/<Virtual Machine
Template Name>/.