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vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
Convert a Template to a Virtual Machine in the vSphere Web Client
Converting a template to a virtual machine changes the template. This action does not make a copy. You convert
a template to a virtual machine to edit the template. You might also convert a template to a virtual machine if
you do not need to preserve it as a master image for deploying virtual machines.
Prerequisites
Verity that you have the following privileges:
n Virtual machine.Provisioning.Mark as virtual machine on the source template.
n Resource.Assign virtual machine to resource pool on the resource pool where the virtual machine will
run.
Procedure
1 Start the Convert a Template to a Virtual Machine Task on page 42
To reconfigure a template with new or updated hardware or applications, you must convert the template
to a virtual machine and clone the virtual machine back to a template. In some cases, you might convert
a template to a virtual machine because you no longer need the template.
2 Select a Template from Which to Deploy the Virtual Machine on page 43
On the Select a template page of the wizard, you select a template to deploy from the list.
3 Select a Resource on page 43
When you deploy a virtual machine, you select the host, cluster, vApp, or resource pool for the virtual
machine to run in. The virtual machine will have access to the resources of the selected object.
4 Finish Virtual Machine Creation on page 43
Before you deploy the virtual machine, you can review the virtual machine settings.
Start the Convert a Template to a Virtual Machine Task
To reconfigure a template with new or updated hardware or applications, you must convert the template to a
virtual machine and clone the virtual machine back to a template. In some cases, you might convert a template
to a virtual machine because you no longer need the template.
You can open the New Virtual Machine wizard from any object in the inventory that is a valid parent object
of a virtual machine, or directly from the template. The wizard provides several options for creating and
deploying virtual machines and templates.
If you open the wizard from a template, the Select a creation type page does not appear.
This task provides steps to convert a template to a virtual machine. To clone a virtual machine back to a
template, see Clone a Virtual Machine to a Template in the vSphere Web Client.
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