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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
Creating Templates from Active Virtual Machines in
Stage Manager
YoucancreateatemplatefromanactivevirtualmachineinStage Manager.Aftera
virtualmachineinaconfigurationundergoeschanges,suchastheadditionofsoftware
oralteredproperties,youmightwanttouseitasthebasisofanewtemplate.Thenew
templateisalinkedcloneof
theoriginalvirtualmachine.
Thisoperationinvolvesspecifyingdeploymentandstorageleases.See“Reviewingthe
ResourceCleanupTab”onpage 103.
Aftercreatingatemplatefromanactivevirtualmachine,youmustverifytheversion
ofVMware Toolsonthetemplate.InformationonVMwareToolsappearsintheVirtual
MachineTemplatespage.
 IftheversionisUnknown,deployingthetemplateallowsStage Managertoassess
theversionanddisplayinformationonthepage.See“DeployingTemplates”on
page 37.
 IftheversionappearsasInstalled(RequiresUpdate),youmustinstall
VMware Tools.Stage ManagerisdependentonVMware Toolsforguest
customization.See“InstallingVMware Tools”onpage 39.
To create a template from an active virtual machine
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2MovethepointerovertheservicenameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
3Movethepointerovertheconfigurationname
andchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
4IntheVirtualMachinestab,movethepointeroverthevirtualmachinenameand
chooseAddtoVMTemplatesfromthemenu.
5Providetemplatedetails:
 Namethatcontainsalphanumericcharacters(a–z,A–Z,0–9),hyphens,
underscores,orperiods.Maximumlengthis64characters.
 (Optional)Description.
 Timetoundeploythetemplate.
 Timetodeletethetemplateormarkthetemplatefordeletion.
6ClickOK.