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Lab Manager User's Guide
Upgrade Virtual Hardware
Lab Manager supports version 4 and version 7 virtual machine templates. You can upgrade version 4
templates to version 7. Version 4 templates can run on hosts with ESX 3.5 and above, while version 7 templates
require hosts with ESX 4.0 and above.
Before you can upgrade a template to version 7, you must install the latest version of VMware Tools. When
you upgrade virtual hardware, Lab Manager discards state information and deletes any snapshots associated
with the template.
To upgrade virtual hardware, you must first undeploy and unpublish the template.
To upgrade virtual hardware
1
Move the pointer over the template name and select Upgrade Virtual Hardware.
2
Click OK.
Lab Manager upgrades the virtual hardware.
Change Ownership of a Virtual Machine Template
The owner of a virtual machine template is the user who created it. If you have sufficient rights, you can
change the owner.
To change ownership of a virtual machine template
1
In the left pane, click VM Templates.
2
Move the pointer over the template name and select Properties.
3
Click Change Owner.
4
Select and organization and user and click OK.
5
Click Update.
Lab Manager reassigns the virtual machine template to the new owner.
Delete a Virtual Machine Template
To delete a template, it must be undeployed and unpublished. If you are unable to unpublish a template, you
can force delete it. See "Delete a Virtual Machine Template with Force" on page 134.
To delete a virtual machine template
1
In the left pane, click VM Templates.
2
Move the pointer over the virtual machine template name and select Delete.
3
Click OK.
Delete a Virtual Machine Template with Force
If an ESX/ESXi host failure or some other event prevents you from unpublishing and deleting a template,
Lab Manager system administrators can still forcefully delete a published template.
The Force Delete command removes the template from the Lab Manager database but not from the vCenter
inventory. You can manually remove the virtual machine from the vCenter inventory.
To delete a published virtual machine template
1
In the left pane, click VM Templates.
2
Move the pointer over the published template name and select Force Delete.
3
Click OK.
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