Create a Virtual Machine

Syntax 1

prlctl create <vm_name> --ostemplate <name>

Creates a virtual machine from the specified virtual machine template. The --ostemplate <name> parameter specifies the source template name. To obtain the list of available templates, use the prlctl list -t command.

Optional parameters

--dst

A path to the directory where the virtual machine files will be stored. If omitted, the default location will be used.

--changesid

Change the Windows security identifier (SID) of a Windows-based virtual machine template. It requires Parallels Tools to be installed in the template. If omitted, the original SID will be used.

Syntax 2

prlctl create <vm_name> -o , --ostype <name | list >

Creates a virtual machine and optimizes it for the OS type specified in the --ostype option. Use the list option to get the list of available OS types: prlctl create vm_name -o list , then select a desired OS type name and use it as a value of the -o parameter.

Syntax 3

prlctl create <vm_name> -d , --distribution <name | list >

Creates a virtual machine and optimizes it for the OS distribution specified in the --distribution option. Use the list option to get the list of available distributions: prlctl create vm_name -d list , then select a desired distribution name and use it as a value of the -o parameter.

Common optional parameters

--no-hdd

Create a virtual machine without hard disk drives.

--lion-recovery

Create a virtual machine from the Lion OS host recovery partition.