Creating VMs from a template
Similar to cloning, a template is also a quick way to deploy fully configured VMs without going through the complete VM creation process and manually installing OS and applications. We can create a new VM and install the OS and all other necessary programs before converting it to a template. This way, all new VMs created from the template will be fully configured with OS and programs. What sets template apart from just cloning is that once a VM is converted to a template, it cannot be powered up again. If the template VM needs any changes, a new VM must be created, configured, and then converted to a template. We can however edit the hardware resources of the template. The primary benefit of using a template to ...
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