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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
Importing a Template from an SMB Share
YoucanimportvirtualmachinesastemplatesfromanSMBshare.Donotimport
templatesmanuallywithESXServercommands.
Thisoperationinvolvesspecifyingdeploymentandstorageleases.See“Reviewingthe
ResourceCleanupTab”onpage 103.
Afterimportingatemplate,youmustdeploythetemplatetoallowStage Managerto
assesstheVMware Tools
informationanddisplayitintheVirtualMachineTemplates
page.IfUnknownorInstalled(RequiresUpdate)appearsintheVirtualMachine
Templatespage,installVMware Tools.Stage ManagerisdependentonVMware Tools
forguestcustomization.See“DeployingTemplates”onpage 37and“Installing
VMware Tools”onpage 39.
To import a template from SMB storage
1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates
.
2ClicktheImportfromSMBbutton.
3Providetemplatedetails:
 UniversalNamingConvention(UNC)pathtotheappropriateSMBshare
(relativetotheStage ManagerServersystem).Asamplepathis
\\10.10.10.10\importdir.UseEnglishcharactersfortheUNCpath.
StageManagerdoesnotsupportSMBsharesthatincludethe$symbolinthe
UNCpath.
 Usernameandpasswordtoaccessthefiles,ifnecessary.
 Name.
 (Optional)Description.
 Timetoundeploythetemplate.
Stage Managerallowsyoutorenewaleaseatalatertime.
 Timetodeletethetemplateormarkthetemplatefordeletion.
4ClickNext.
5 SelectadatastoreandclickImport.
TheVirtualMachineTemplatespagedisplaystheimportedtemplate.Theimport
processtakesseveralminutes.