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A template is a “snapshot” of that VM taken at a time
when the VM was freshly installed and before it was “used”, because you don’t
want to use dirty machines .
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Templates typically include:
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Fresh install of guest OS with Updates.
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All Necessary Applications
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VMware Tools (will be discussed on another post)
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Existing VMs can be converted to temples(but if
already used it’s not recommended ! ).
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Temples can “deployed” /cloned (but not converted) to
new VMs OR they can be converted back to VMs
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Templates are stored along with VMs in a folders and
in data stores
You have to go to the “virtual machines & temples” inventory view to see your templates or else they won’t be visible.
Creating Template
Create a
fresh copy of OS and install all application you need on that folder , after
you finish create this VM.
Right Click
on the VM-> Convert to Template :
After we
convert the VM into template we will see a “White paper” as additional VM machine , when we click on
it we have two options :
Deploy
Virtual Machine from this Template -> create a new virtual Machine from this template , with the
same configuration configured on the VM we create that template .
Convert
to Virtual Machine -> convert the template to the Original machine (Will erase the template we
just create).
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