Creating a vm from a template – HP OneView for VMware vCenter User Manual
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3.
Right-click the volume and select Delete Volume.
The Storage Module for vCenter prompts you to confirm the delete request.
4.
Click Delete.
The Storage Module for vCenter removes the LUN presentation from all hosts, deletes the
volume, and re-scans the hosts. When these tasks are complete, the deleted volume is no
longer displayed in the vSphere Client.
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No manual cache refresh is necessary. When a provisioning operation is complete,
the Storage Module for vCenter data is refreshed automatically.
Creating a VM from a template
You can create one or more VMs from a VM template. While creating VMs:
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The VM template must exist in the vSphere Client.
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Creating a VM has the same prerequisites as creating a datastore. For more information, see
“Creating a datastore” (page 83)
. During the process of creating the new VM, one or more
new datastore are created.
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All of the files associated with the new VMs are created on the new datastores.
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If the template contains an RDM, the operation will fail during the process of creating the new
VM.
NOTE:
When VMware converts a VM to a template, all RDMs are converted to empty virtual
disks (VMDKs). Therefore, VMs created from this template will not have associated RDMs. For
more information, see Virtual Disk Compatibility Modes in the VMware vSphere Online Library.
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If a cluster is used to initiate the VM creation, all hosts in the cluster must be zoned to the
storage, and hostgroups must be configured.
Create a VM from a template using the vSphere Web Client
Use this procedure with the VMware 5.5 vSphere Web Client. If you are using the VMware 5.1
vSphere Web Client, follow the procedure in
“Create a VM from a template using the vSphere
To create one or more VMs from a template:
1.
Start the vSphere Web Client.
2.
Use one of the following methods to start the Create Virtual Machines wizard:
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Right-click a host or cluster and select All HP Insight Management Actions
→Create VM
from Template.
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Right-click a host or cluster in any Storage Module for vCenter table, and then select
Create VM from Template.
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Select Actions
→Create VM from Template on the HP Insight Management page for a host
or cluster.
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Right-click a VM template and select All HP Insight Management Actions
→Create VM
from Template.
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You can minimize the wizard using the minimize control (
) in the upper right corner
of the screen. The wizard will be added to the Work in Progress panel on the right. Click on
it to resume the wizard.
The Create Virtual Machines wizard opens and displays the Select Location window.
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