Deploying a Virtual Machine Template

A virtual machine template cannot be run as a virtual machine. To be able to run it as a virtual machine, you should create a virtual machine that will have the same configuration as the template has.

There are two ways of creating a virtual machine from a template:

• Convert a template into a virtual machine.
• Deploy a template to a new virtual machine.

If you convert a virtual machine template into a virtual machine, its icon will be moved from the virtual machines list, and you will be able to use it as a virtual machine.

If you deploy a virtual machine template to a virtual machine, the Deploy Virtual Machine Template assistant will create a new virtual machine, but the template will not be removed from the Parallels Virtual Machines list.

To convert a virtual machine template into a virtual machine:

1. Launch Parallels Desktop.
2. In the Parallels Virtual Machines list, right-click the virtual machine template you want to convert into a virtual machine, and choose Convert to Virtual Machine from the shortcut menu.
3. The virtual machine template will be processed into a virtual machine and will change its icon.

To deploy a virtual machine template to a new virtual machine:

1. Launch Parallels Desktop.
2. In the Parallels Virtual Machines list, click the virtual machine template you want to be deployed to a virtual machine, and click Create or right-click the template name, and choose Depoly to Virtual Machine from the shortcut menu.
3. Deploy Virtual Machine Template Assistant starts. In the Introduction window, click Continue . To skip this window next time you start the assistant, select Always skip introduction .
4. In the Name and Location window, specify the name and location for the virtual machine and click Deploy . You can use the Choose button to change the location.

   By default, the virtual machine files will be placed to the following folder on your Mac: /Users/UserName/Documents/Parallels/<Virtual Machine Template Name>/.

   

5. In the Deployment Finished window, click Done to close the assistant.

The resulting virtual machine will have the same configuration that the original template had.