Importing Templates; Importing A Template From Smb Storage - VMware VLM3-ENG-CP - Lab Manager - PC User Manual

Importing Templates

Importing a template implies bringing a virtual machine external to the Lab Manager
system into the system. You can import an existing virtual machine from SMB or VMFS
storage to serve as a template. For example, refer to the instructions in this section for
VMFS storage if you have an existing template on an ESX Server machine and you want
to move the template under Lab Manager control.
You can import a virtual machine that Lab Manager was not aware of, or you can
import a virtual machine that was previously exported by Lab Manager. Lab Manager
changes the MAC address of all imported virtual machines except for the ones in a
suspended state.
The setup for the virtual machine is primarily stored in these files:
Virtual machine disk (.vmdk) file. You can have multiple .vmdk files.
Virtual machine configuration (.vmx for VMware) file. This file is approximately
15K.
Lab Manager supports these types of virtual machines for import operations:
VMware Workstation
VMware Server
VMware ESX Server
Lab Manager does not support templates with multiple NICs or IDE disk drives. If you
are not sure whether your virtual machines can run in an ESX Server environment, you
can refer to the VMware Converter product documentation for details on converting
virtual machine formats.
N Export and import operations require an open SMB port on the Managed
OTE
Server systems. Though the installation of the Managed Server agent software
takes care of opening that port, be aware of this requirement in case someone
closes the port after the installation. To check the port status, use the
esxcfg-firewall -q smbClient command on each Managed Server system.

Importing a Template from SMB Storage

You can import virtual machines up to 2GB per .vmdk file. Virtual machines larger than
this size may require VMware Virtual Disk Manager packaged with Workstation. See
"Importing a Virtual Machine as a Template Fails" on page 155.
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Chapter 4 Working with Machine Templates
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