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:
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Convert a template into a virtual machine.
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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 wizard 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:
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Launch Parallels Workstation Extreme.
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Select the virtual machine template you want to convert into a virtual machine in the left pane of the Parallels Workstation Extreme window.
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Choose
Convert to Virtual Machine
from the
File
menu or right-click the template's icon in the left pane of the Parallels Workstation Extreme window and choose
Convert to Virtual Machine
from the shortcut menu.
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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:
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Launch Parallels Workstation Extreme.
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Select the virtual machine template you want to be deployed to a virtual machine in the left pane of the Parallels Workstation Extreme window.
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Start Deploy Virtual Machine Template Wizard by choosing
Deploy to Virtual Machine
from the
File
menu or by right-clicking the virtual machine template's name in the left pane of the Parallels Workstation Extreme window and choosing
Deploy to Virtual Machine
from the shortcut menu.
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In the
Introduction
window, click
Next
. To skip this window next time you start the wizard, select
Always skip introduction
.
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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.
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In the
Deployment Finished
window, click
Done
to close the wizard.
The resulting virtual machine will have the same configuration that the original template had.
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