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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
Consolidatingatemplateonlyoccursonunpublishedtemplatesandcantakean
extendedperiodoftime,dependingonthedisksizeandstorageperformance.
Consolidationreducesthefreespaceondatastoresbecausethetemplatenolonger
benefitsfromdeltadisks.
To consolidate a template
1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.
Thetemplatemustbe
undeployedandunpublished.See“Undeploying
Templates”onpage 47and“UnpublishingTemplates”onpage 60.
2MovethepointeroverthetemplatenameandchooseConsolidatefromthemenu.
3 SelectadatastoreandclickOK.
Editing Basic Template Properties
Youcanupdatethebasicpropertiesofatemplate.Toupdatepropertiesfromthe
ResourcesareaoftheStageManagerWebconsole,see“EditingTemplateandVirtual
MachinePropertiesAfterAssessingDatastoreUsage”onpage 88.
Thisoperationinvolvesspecifyingdeploymentorstorageleases.See“Reviewingthe
ResourceCleanupTab”onpage 103.
For
informationaboutCPUpriority,memorypriority,andenablingahosttoprovide
64‐bitsupport,seeVMware Infrastructure3documentation.
To edit basic template properties
1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.
2MovethepointeroverthetemplatenameandchoosePropertiesfromthemenu.
3Reviewandedittheappropriateproperties:
 Name–Namethatcontainsalphanumericcharacters(a–z,A–Z,0–9),
hyphens,underscores,orperiods.Maximumlengthis64characters.
 Description–(Optional)Maximumnumberofcharactersis128.
 Datastore–Storagelocationofthetemplate.