Sources for Virtual Machine Templates

Applies To: Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1

This section describes how to create a virtual machine template from a virtual hard disk or from a virtual machine. With either process, you can specify a guest operating system profile that will provide the necessary information to automate the creation of customized virtual machines. Optionally, you can create a template with no operating system profile. This template will not be customized and must be set up manually by the user.

• How to Create a Template from a Virtual Hard Disk
  You can create a new virtual machine template from a generalized virtual hard disk stored in the Library.

  Note

  You can now create a virtual machine for Linux from a template, but the customization must be done by the user with the non-customized template option.

• How to Create a Template from a Virtual Machine
  You can create a new virtual machine template from an existing virtual machine running on a host. This is another way to create a generalized virtual hard disk in the Library.