Publishing A Template; Sharing A Template; Creating Templates From Active Virtual Machines In Lab Manager - VMware VLM3-ENG-CP - Lab Manager - PC User Manual

VMware® Lab Manager User's Guide

Publishing a Template

Publishing a template makes it available for use in building configurations.
N Storage leases are not applicable to published templates. Once a template
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changes from a published to unpublished state, the storage lease becomes
applicable. For details on leases, see "Reviewing the Resource Cleanup Tab"
on page 149.
To publish a template
1 Verify the template is turned off and undeployed.
2 From the Templates page, move the pointer over the template name and choose
Publish in the menu.

Sharing a Template

You have the option to keep templates for your own use or share them with other Lab
Manager users.
Administrators can deploy shared templates. If an administrator or template owner
publishes a template, users without administrator privileges can use it to create
configurations.
To share your template with other users
1 From the left pane, click Templates.
2 Move the pointer over the template name, and choose Make Shared from the
menu.
Creating Templates from Active Virtual Machines in Lab
Manager
You can create a template from an active virtual machine in Lab Manager. After a
virtual machine in a configuration undergoes changes, such as the addition of software
or altered properties, you might want to use it as the basis of a new machine template.
To create a machine template from an active virtual machine
1 From the left pane, click Workspace.
2 Move the pointer over the configuration name, and choose Details from the menu.
3 Move the pointer over the virtual machine name, and choose Add To Templates
from the menu.
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