User`s guide

Operations on Virtual Machines and Containers 76
Deploying a Template
Though a template has the same components as a virtual machine (hardware, software, etc.), it
cannot be started. To run a template as a virtual machine, you need first to convert the template.
By converting a template, you create a virtual machine with the configuration identical to that of
the template.
To convert a template into a virtual machine, use the --ostemplate option of the pctl
create command. For example, to convert the template1 template to a virtual machine
with the Converted_VM name, you can run this command:
# pctl create Converted_VM --ostemplate template1
Creating the VM on the basis of the template1 template...
Clone the template1 VM to the VM Converted_VM...
Operation progress 99%
The VM has been successfully cloned.
To check that the Converted_VM virtual machine has been successfully created, use the
pctl list -a command:
# pctl list -a
STATUS IP_ADDR NAME
running 10.12.12.101 111
stopped 10.12.12.34 Converted_VM
running 10.30.17.149 Windows XP
The template itself is left intact and can be used for creating other virtual machines:
# pctl list -t
{4ad11c28-9f0e-4086-84ea-9c0487644026} win-2003 template1
{64bd8fea-6047-45bb-a144-7d4bba49c849} rhel template2
Managing Virtual Machine Disks
In Parallels Server Bare Metal, you can manage virtual machine disks as follows:
 change the type of your virtual disks
 increase the capacity of your virtual disks
 reduce the capacity of your virtual disks
 reduce the size occupied by your virtual disks on the physical hard drive
All these operations are described in the following subsections in detail.