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Specify the details of the template:
a
Enter a name.
b
(Optional) Enter a description.
c
Specify a time to undeploy the template.
d
Specify a time to delete the template (or mark it for deletion). This option for
marking or permanent deletion is preset by an administrator.
e
Click Add.
5
From the left pane, click Templates.
The Templates page appears with the new template.
If you choose Add to Templates in this procedure or from the mouseover menu in a
virtual machine console (and that virtual machine is running Windows 2000, Windows
2003, or Windows XP), shut down the operating system, and publish the template, LM
Tools does not work until the user deploys the virtual machine and logs in for the first
time. (You can see a utility for LM Tools running after you log in.)
The workaround involves deploying the template, uninstalling LM Tools inside the
virtual machine, reinstalling LM Tools with the mouseover menu, shutting down the
operating system, and publishing the template.
For general information on LM Tools, see "Installing LM Tools" on page 61.
Cloning Templates
You can clone a template to take advantage of software already installed on that
template. Users without administrative privileges cannot clone templates shared by
other users.
A cloning operation creates a delta disk instead of copying an entire virtual hard disk.
This operation addresses virtual machine proliferation by using "referential
provisioning," a process that involves storing new changes but referring back to a chain
of delta disks. For each change, Lab Manager freezes the original delta disk and creates
a new one.
To clone a template
1
From the left pane, click Templates.
2
Move the pointer over the template name, and choose Clone from the menu.
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