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VMware Lab Manager User’s Guide
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Lab Managersupportsthesetypesofvirtualmachinesforimportoperations:
VMwareWorkstation
VMwareServer
VMwareESXServer
Lab ManagerdoesnotsupporttemplateswithmultipleNICsorIDEdiskdrives.Ifyou
arenotsurewhetheryourvirtualmachinescanruninanESXServerenvironment,you
canrefertotheVMwareConverterproductdocumentationfordetailsonconverting
virtualmachineformats.
Importing a Template from SMB Storage
Youcanimportvirtualmachinesupto2GBper.vmdkfile.Virtualmachineslargerthan
thissizemayrequireVMwareVirtualDiskManagerpackagedwithWorkstation.See
“ImportingaVirtualMachineasaTemplateFails”onpage 169.
To import a template from SMB storage
1Intheleftpane,clickTemplates.
2ClicktheImportTemplatebutton.
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OTEExportandimportoperationsrequireanopenSMBportontheManagedServer
systems.ThoughtheinstallationoftheManagedServeragentsoftwaretakescareof
openingthatport,beawareofthisrequirementincasesomeoneclosestheportafterthe
installation.Tochecktheportstatus,usethe
esxcfg-firewall-qsmbClient
commandoneachManagedServersystem.
NOTEDonotimporttemplatesmanuallywithESXServercommands.
NOTEIfaLab ManageradministratorchoosestohidehighI/Ooperationsfrom
nonadministratorusers,thenthoseuserscannotimporttemplates.See“Server
Preferences”onpage 150.