User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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Importing a Template from VirtualCenter
IfyouhaveanexistingvirtualmachineinaresourcepoolmanagedbyVirtualCenter,
onlyStageManageradministratorscanusetheImportfromVirtualCenterbuttonto
copythatvirtualmachineasatemplateunderStage Managercontrol.
Thisoperationinvolvesspecifyingastoragelease.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 VirtualCenter storage
1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.
2ClicktheImportfromVirtualCenterbutton.
3Entertheinformationforthetemplate:
a SelectthevirtualmachineintheVirtualCenterdirectories.
Blueiconsindicateavailablevirtualmachines.Youcanonlyselectvirtual
machinesthatarepoweredoffand
notalreadyunderStage Managercontrol.
bEnteraname.
Thenamemustcontainalphanumericcharacters(a–z,A–Z,0–9),hyphens,
underscores,orperiods.Themaximumlengthis64characters.
c (Optional)Enteradescription.
dSpecifyatimetodeletethetemplateormarkthetemplatefordeletion.
e SelectadatastoreandclickOK.
NOTEIfavirtualmachinehasVirtualCentersnapshotfiles,Stage Manageronly
importstheoriginalvirtualmachineasatemplateanddiscardsanyVirtualCenter
snapshotfiles.