Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Templates have a different icon than the one used to identify a VM in the vCenter Server
inventory. The template objects are available by clicking a datacenter object and then selecting
the Virtual Machines tab or by adjusting the inventory view to the VMs And Templates view.
Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template
After you have created a library of templates, provisioning a new VM is as simple as right-
clicking the template you'd like to use as the base system image.
Perform these steps to deploy a VM from a template:
1.
Use the vSphere Web Client to connect to a vCenter Server instance. Cloning and tem-
plates are not supported when using the vSphere Client to connect directly to an
ESXi host.
2.
Locate the template object to be used as the VM baseline. You will i nd the template
object in the VMs And Templates inventory view.
3.
Right-click the template object and select Deploy Virtual Machine From This Template.
This launches the Deploy From Template Wizard.
4.
Type a name for the new VM in the VM's Name text box, select a logical location in the
inventory to store the VM, and then click Next.
5.
Select the cluster or host on which the VM should run, and then click Next.
6.
If you selected a cluster for which DRS is not enabled or is coni gured to operate in
Manual mode, you must select the specii c host on which to run the VM. Click Next.
7.
If prompted, select the resource pool in which the VM should be located and click Next.
8.
Select the desired virtual disk format for the VM to be created from the template.
9.
If you have dei ned any VM storage policies, choose the appropriate storage policy from
the VM Storage policy drop-down list, then select the destination datastore or datastore
cluster. Use the Advanced button (shown in Figure 10.11 but not selected) if you need to
place VM coni guration i les and virtual disks in separate locations.
Figure 10.11
Select a datastore
for a new VM based
on the vMotion,
DRS, HA, and other
constraints of your
organization.
