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Reregister Templates in the vSphere Client
Templates can become unregistered from the vCenter Server if they are removed from the inventory or if
the hosts with which they are associated are removed from the vCenter Server and then readded.
Prerequisites
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You must be connected to a vCenter Server system with the vSphere Client.
Procedure
1 From the Home page, click Datastores and Datastore Clusters.
2 Right-click the datastore that contains the template and select Browse Datastore.
3 Browse through the datastore folders to find the .vmtx file.
4 Right-click the .vmtx file and select Add to Inventory.
The Add to Inventory wizard appears.
5 Enter a template machine name, select a location, and click Next.
If you want the template to retain its original name, do not enter a name in the Add to Inventory
wizard. vCenter Server will use the original name if the field in the wizard is left blank.
6 Select a host or cluster on which to store the template, and click Next.
7 Review your selections, and click Finish.
The template is registered to the host. You can view the template from the host’s Virtual Machine tab.
Convert a Template to a Virtual Machine in the vSphere Client
Converting a template to a virtual machine changes the template rather than making a copy. You can
convert a template to a virtual machine to edit the template. You might also convert a template to a virtual
machine if you no longer need to preserve it as a master image for deploying virtual machines.
Prerequisites
You must be connected to vCenter Server to convert a template to a virtual machine. You cannot work with
templates if you connect directly to an ESXi host.
Procedure
1 Right-click the template and select Convert to Virtual Machine.
2 Select the host or cluster on which to run the virtual machine.
Option Action
Run the virtual machine on a
standalone host.
Select the host and click Next.
Run the virtual machine in a cluster
with DRS automatic placement.
Select the cluster and click Next.
Run the virtual machine in a cluster
without DRS automatic placement.
a Select the cluster and click Next.
b Select a host within the cluster and click Next.
If the template resides on a legacy VMFS2 datastore, you must select the host on which the template
was created as the destination for the virtual machine.
3 Select a resource pool in which to run the virtual machine and click Next.
4 Review your selections and click Finish.
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