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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
3Providetemplatedetails:
 Name
 (Optional)Description
 Timetoundeploythetemplate
 Timetodeletethetemplateormarkthetemplatefordeletion
4ClickOK.
ThenewtemplateappearsontheVirtualMachineTemplatespage.
To make a full clone of a template
1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.
2Movethepointeroverthetemplatename,andchooseMakeFullClonefromthe
menu.
3Providetemplatedetails:
 Name
 (Optional)Description
 Destinationdatastore
 Timetoundeploythetemplate
 Timetodeletethetemplateormarkthetemplatefordeletion
4ClickOK.
ThenewtemplateappearsontheVirtualMachineTemplatespage.
Updating Templates
Tochangeanexistingtemplatewithanupdate,suchasapatchorservicepack,
completethesetasks:
 Unpublishthetemplate.
 Deploythetemplate.
 Installthenecessaryupdates.
 Shutdownthevirtualmachineaftercompletingallthenecessaryupdates.
 Undeploythetemplate.
 Publishthetemplate.