User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
36 VMware, Inc.
 ReviewguestcustomizationinformationforStage Managerandcompletespecific
stepsforWindowsNTandSolaristemplates.
 Shutdowntheguestoperatingsystem.
 Undeploythetemplate.
 Publishthetemplatetomakeitavailableforbuildingconfigurations.
Creating Blank Templates
Createablanktemplatetostarttheprocessdescribedin“InstallinganOperating
SystemandApplicationsonaBlankTemplate”onpage 35.
Thisprocesscaninvolvespecifyingdeploymentandstorageleases.See“Reviewingthe
ResourceCleanupTab”onpage 103.
To create a blank template
1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.
2ClickAddVMTemplate.
3Provide
templatedetails:
 Namethatcontainsalphanumericcharacters(a–z,A–Z,0–9),hyphens,
underscores,orperiods.
Maximumlengthis64characters.
 (Optional)Description.
 Datastore.
 Guestoperatingsystem.
Thisselectionpreparesthevirtualmachinefortheactualinstallationofthe
guestoperatingsystem.
Ifyouselecta64‐bitguestoperatingsystem,thedatastoremustbeconnected
toanESXServ erhostthatprovidestherequired64‐bitprocessorforthatguest
OS.Youcanproceedwithout
fulfillingthisrequirementbutyoucannot
deploythetemplateuntilyouattachahostwiththecorrectprocessor.Ifyou
havesomebutnotall64‐bithosts,Stage Managerlimitsthenumberofhosts
onwhichthetemplatecanbedeployed.
Forinformationaboutenablingahosttoprovide64‐bit
support,see
VMware Infrastructure3documentation.