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VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide

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Exporting Templates

Youcanexport(copy)atemplatetoanSMBshare.Thisoperationassumesthatyou

enabledasharedfolderwithfullcontrolpermissionsattheshareandfilesystemlevel.

Exportingcantakeupanextendedperiodoftime,dependingonthesizeofthevirtual

machine.

Exportandimportoperations

requireanopenSMBportontheESXServerhosts.

AlthoughtheinstallationofStage Managertakescareofopenin gthatport,beawareof

thisrequirementincasesomeoneclosestheportaftertheinstallation.Tochecktheport

status,usetheesxcfg-firewall -q smbClientcommandoneachhost.

To export a template

1Intheleftpane,

clickVMTemplates.

Thetemplatemustbeundeployedtoexportit.See“UndeployingTemplates”on

page 47.

2MovethepointeroverthetemplatenameandchooseExportfromthemenu.

3Providethelocationandusercredentials:

 UNCpathoftheSMBshare(relativetotheStage ManagerServersystem)

whereyouwanttostorethefiles.Asamplepathis

\\10.10.10.10\ExportTemplates.UseEnglishcharactersfortheUNC

path.

 Usernameandpasswordtoaccessthefiles,ifnecessary.

4ClickOK.

Consolidating Templates

Eachtimeyoucreatealinkedcloneofatemplate,Stage Managerfreezesthevirtual

harddiskassociatedwiththeoriginaltemplateandcreatesdeltadiskstostorefuture

changestothecloneanditssource.Overtime,theincreasingnumberofdeltadisks

storedacrossthedirectoriesofadatastorecan

affectperformance.Youdonotneedto

consolidatetemplatesuntilStage Managergeneratesanerrorrequestingthis

operation.

OTEEvenifyoudonothavetoconsolidatedisks,youcanusethisoperationtomove

atemplatetoadifferentdatastore.

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