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Chapter 5 Working with Configurations
13 Specifywhetheryouwanttomakeafullclone(ratherthanalinkedclone)ofthe
template.
Forinformationabouttypesofclones,see“CloningConfigurations”onpage 129.
SelecttheFullClonecheckboxtoactivatethedatastorelistwhereyoucanselect
thestoragelocationofthevirtualmachine.Linkedclones
remainonthesame
datastoreastheoriginaltemplate.
14 Changethedefaultvaluesforbootparameters:
aEnteranintegernumberbetweenzeroandthetotalnumberofvirtual
machinesindicatingthebootsequenceforthevirtualmachines.
Youdonotneedtousesequentialnumbers.Stage Managercandeterminethe
relativeorder.
If
twovirtualmachineshavethesamenumber,StageManagerdoesnotapply
abootsequence.
bEnteranintegernumberindicatingthedelayinseconds(or“pause”)between
thepoweronprocessofthisvirtualmachineandthenextvirtualmachine.
Forexample,ifyouhaveadatabaseserverandaWebapplication,
youmight
wanttomakesurethedatabaseserverispoweredonwithallservicesrunning
beforepoweringontheWebapplication.
15 Toaddanothervirtualmachinetothisconfiguration,clicktheAddVirtual
Machinebuttonagain.
Duringthecreationoftheinitialconfiguration,youcanaddupto20virtual
machines.Toaddvirtualmachinesatalatertime,see“A d d i n g VirtualMachinesto
ExistingConfigurations”onpage 141.
16 ClickOK.
Thenewconfigurationappearsinthefirststageofaservice.
IP Address Assignment for Virtual Machines
OntheNewConfigurationpage,enteringanIPaddresschangestheinformationthat
Stage ManagerhasaboutthemachinebutdoesnotnecessarilychangetheIPaddress
configuredonthemachine.Thissituationdependsonwhetherthetemplatehasguest
customizationenabledbytheStage Manageradministrator.
Forinformationaboutguestcustomization,see
“EditingAdvancedTemplate
Properties”onpage 56and“CustomizingGuestOperatingSystems”onpage 40.