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Creating and Managing VMM 2008 Virtual Machine Templates

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Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template
Clicking ''Next'' after the guest operating system profile settings have been configured displays the ''Select Library Server'' screen. By default, the wizard will list library servers it is already aware of. Select the required server and click ''Next'' to proceed to the Select Path screen. Use the ''Browse'' button to select an appropriate location in the VMM Library share folder to store the template. Once a location has been specified, click ''Next'', review the ''Summary'' screen and, assuming the summary matches expectations, click ''Create'' to generate the template. The template creation process may take some time to complete depending on the size of the virtual hard disk. If the template is based on an existing virtual machine, the process involves the running of sysprep on the guest operating system image which may take a considerable amount of time.
== Deploying Creating a Virtual Machine from a Template ==
Once a template has been created it is ready to be used to deploy create virtual machines on host systems. To perform create a deploymentnew virtual machine, ensure that the Library view of the VMM Administrator Console is displayed and select the ''Library Servers'' entry in the Library Resources pane in the top left hand corner for the console. Once selected, a list of templates will appear in the center pane:
To deploy create a virtual machine based on the template, right click on the template in the list and select ''DeployNew virtual machine'' from the resulting menu to display the ''Deploy virtual machineNew Virtual Machine'' wizard as illustrated below:
[[Image:vmm_deploy_virtual_machinevmm_new_virtual_machine_from_template.jpg|The Deploy Create Virtual Machine Wizard]]
The On the initial screen displays a list of virtualization hosts known to the VMM Server to which the VMM Administrator Console is attached. From this list, select enter the target host onto which name for the new virtual machine is to deployed and click ''Next''to proceed to the ''Hardware Settings'' screen. On This screen will contain the settings pre-configured from the template and do not need to be configured unless there is to be any deviation from the template settings. The same is true of the ''Select PathGuest Operating System'' screen, select a location on a file system which is visible displayed when the ''Next'' button is pressed. The next screen entitled ''Select Destination'' defines where the new virtual machine is to placed. The only option available here is to create the target virtual machine on a host , so keep the default and proceed to the ''Select NetworkHost'' screen.
The network screen ''Select Host'' provides a list of network adapters configured into available hosts. Select the desired target host for the virtual machine and provide the option , proceed to configure which virtual networks the ''Select path'' and choose a location on the target host file system for the devices should be connected to. Select the required new virtual network from the drop down menu, or leave the default setting of machine. Click ''Not connectedNext'' if to choose which virtual network connectivity is not requiredon the target host any configured network adapters are to be connected to.
Click The ''NextAdditional Properties'' screen provides the option to proceed define what should happen to the ''Summary'' virtual machine when the target host system starts up and stops. The final screen, review displays a summary of the new virtual machine settings. Review the information and click ''DeployCreate'' to deploy create the new virtual machine onto on the selected select host. Once the deployment creation process is complete, the new virtual machine will appear show up in the ''Virtual Machines'' view of the VMM Administrator Console console and is be ready to be startedrun.
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