This section describes how to create a virtual machine template from a virtual hard disk or from a virtual machine. With either process, you can specify a guest operating system profile that will provide the necessary information to automate the creation of customized virtual machines. Optionally, you can create a template with no operating system profile.  This template will not be customized and must be set up manually by the user.

How to Create a Template from a Virtual Hard Disk

You can create a new virtual machine template from a generalized virtual hard disk stored in the Library.

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You can now create a virtual machine for Linux from a template, but the customization must be done by the user with the non-customized template option.

How to Create a Template from a Virtual Machine

You can create a new virtual machine template from an existing virtual machine running on a host. This is another way to create a generalized virtual hard disk in the Library.