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•Name and Display Text. These will be shown in the UI, so choose something descriptive.
•OS Type. This helps CloudPlatform and the hypervisor perform certain operations and make
assumptions that improve the performance of the guest. Select one of the following.
• If the operating system of the stopped VM is listed, choose it.
• If the OS type of the stopped VM is not listed, choose Other.
• If you want to boot from this template in PV mode, choose Other PV (32-bit) or Other PV (64-
bit). This choice is available only for XenServere:
Note
Generally you should not choose an older version of the OS than the version in the
image. For example, choosing CentOS 5.4 to support a CentOS 6.2 image will in general
not work. In those cases you should choose Other.
•Public. Choose Yes to make this template accessible to all users of this CloudPlatform
installation. The template will appear in the Community Templates list. See Section 13.5,
“Private and Public Templates”.
•Password Enabled. Choose Yes if your template has the CloudPlatform password change
script installed. See Section 13.13, “Adding Password Management to Your Templates”.
5. Click Add.
The new template will be visible in the Templates section when the template creation process has
been completed. The template is then available when creating a new VM.
13.7. Creating a Template from a Snapshot
Note
Not supported by Oracle VM.
If you do not want to stop the VM to use the Create Template menu item, as described in
Section 13.6, “Creating a Template from an Existing Virtual Machine”), you can create a template
directly from any snapshot through the CloudPlatform UI.
13.8. Uploading Templates
Note
If you are uploading a template that was created using vSphere Client, be sure the OVA file does
not contain an ISO. If it does, the deployment of VMs from the template will fail.