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Summary of Template States and Attributes
Machinetemplatestatesaretransitoryornontransitory.
TransitorystatesincludeCloning,Deploying,Copying,Importing,Exporting,and
Consolidating.ThesestatesandaspinningiconappearintheStatuscolumnonthe
Templatespage.
Nontransitorystates(forexample,DeployedandUndeployed)andattributes(for
example,PublishedandUnpublished)appearin
theStatuscolumn.Variousattributes
appearforbothsharedandprivatetemplates.
Table 42summarizesthenontransitorystates.
Creating Templates
Useoneofthesemethodstocreateamachinetemplate:
Importamachinetemplatefromadirectoryonyournetwork.Usethisoptionto
incorporateavirtualmachineexternaltoLab Manager.See“Importing
Templatesonpage 53.
Installanoperatingsystemandotherapplicationsonanewtemplate.See
“CreatingTemplatesfromScratch”onpage 59.
UseanactivevirtualmachineinLab Managerasthebasisofanewtemplate.See
“CreatingTemplatesfromActiveVirtualMachinesinLab Manageronpage 70.
Cloneorcopyatemplate.See“CloningTemplatesonpage 71or“Copying
Templatesonpage 73.
Table 4-2. Machine Template States and Attributes (Nontransitory)
State Description
Deployed TemplateisregisteredandrunningontheManagedServerpool.
Unpublished Templateisnotavailableforuseinbuildingconfigurations.
Private Templateisnotavailableforotherstoaccessanduse.
Shared Templateisavailableforotherstoaccessanduse.
Published Templateisavailableforuseinbuildingconfigurations.
Undeployed Templateisneitherregisterednorrunningon
theManagedServerpool.