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Before you deploy the virtual machine, you can review the virtual machine settings.
Start the Convert a Template to a Virtual Machine Task
To reconfigure a template with new or updated hardware or applications, you must convert the template to
a virtual machine and clone the virtual machine back to a template. In some cases, you might convert a
template to a virtual machine because you no longer need the template.
You can open the New Virtual Machine wizard from any object in the inventory that is a valid parent object
of a virtual machine, or directly from the template. The wizard provides several options for creating and
deploying virtual machines and templates.
If you open the wizard from a template, the Select a creation type page does not appear.
This task provides steps to convert a template to a virtual machine. To clone a virtual machine back to a
template, see Clone a Virtual Machine to a Template in the vSphere Web Client.
Procedure
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Select how to convert a template to a virtual machine.
Option Description
Open the New Virtual Machine
wizard from any object in the
inventory
a Right-click any inventory object that is a valid parent object of a virtual
machine, such as a datacenter, folder, cluster, resource pool, or host,
and select New Virtual Machine.
b Select Convert template to virtual machine and click Next.
The Select a resource page opens.
Open the Convert Template to
Virtual Machine wizard from a
template
a Search or browse for a template.
b Right-click the template and select Convert to Virtual Machine.
The Select a resource page opens.
Select a Template from Which to Deploy the Virtual Machine
On the Select a template page of the wizard, you select a template to deploy from the list.
This page appears only if you opened the New Virtual Machine wizard from a nontemplate inventory
object, such as a host or cluster. If you opened the Convert Template to Virtual Machine wizard from a
template, this page does not appear.
Procedure
1 Browse or search to locate a template.
2 Select the template.
3 Click Next.
Select a Resource
When you deploy a virtual machine, you select the host, cluster, vApp, or resource pool for the virtual
machine to run in. The virtual machine will have access to the resources of the selected object.
For example, a virtual machine has access to the memory and CPU resources of the host on which it resides.
If you select a cluster for the virtual machine, and the administrator has configured the cluster to take
advantage of HA and DRS, the virtual machine will have a greater level of availability.
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