Cloning a virtual machine to template
Often, the use case for storing virtual machine images is done through cloning the virtual machine to a template. This method creates a copy of the original virtual machine, whereas previous methods mark the source VM as a template. In addition, the cloning process also allows an additional option to modify the disk storage type. This helps conserve storage space by allowing any disk format to be changed to a thin provision format.
How to do it...
In this recipe, let's walk through the steps to clone a VM to template:
- Right-click on the VM and navigate to
Clone |Clone to Template. - Choose an appropriate
Name,Folder,Compute Resource, andStorage Resourceand clickFinish:
