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VMware® Lab Manager User's Guide time, the lease choices reset up to the latest value determined by the administrator. f Click Copy. After a brief time, the new template is available on the Templates page. 5 (Recommended) Install LM Tools. You must install VMware Tools before installing LM Tools. See "Installing VMware Tools" on page 60 and "Installing LM Tools" on page 61. For more information on copy operations, see "Reviewing Template Operations" on page 47. Changing Shared Templates to Private Templates You can reserve a template for personal use. To change a shared template to a private template 1 From the left pane, click Templates. 2 Move the pointer over the template name, and choose Make Private from the menu. Exporting Templates You can export a template to SMB storage. This operation assumes that you enabled a shared folder with read and change permissions (also covered by full control permissions). Exporting can take up to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the virtual machine. NOTE Export and import operations require an open SMB port on the Managed Server systems. Though the installation of the Managed Server agent software takes care of opening 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 Managed Server system. To export a template 1 From the left pane, click Templates. 2 If the template is deployed, move the pointer over the template name and choose Undeploy ‐ Save State or Undeploy ‐ Discard State from the menu. 3 Move the pointer over the template name and choose Export from the menu. 70 VMware, Inc.

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VMware® Lab Manager User’s Guide
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VMware, Inc.
time, the lease choices reset up to the latest value determined by the
administrator.
f
Click
Copy
.
After a brief time, the new template is available on the Templates page.
5
(Recommended) Install LM Tools.
You must install VMware Tools before installing LM Tools. See
“Installing VMware
Tools”
on page 60 and
“Installing LM Tools”
on page 61.
For more information on copy operations, see
“Reviewing Template Operations”
on
page 47.
Changing Shared Templates to Private Templates
You can reserve a template for personal use.
To change a shared template to a private template
1
From the left pane, click
Templates
.
2
Move the pointer over the template name, and choose
Make Private
from the
menu.
Exporting Templates
You can export a template to SMB storage. This operation assumes that you enabled a
shared folder with read and change permissions (also covered by full control
permissions). Exporting can take up to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the virtual
machine.
To export a template
1
From the left pane, click
Templates
.
2
If the template is deployed, move the pointer over the template name and choose
Undeploy
‐
Save State
or
Undeploy
‐
Discard State
from the menu.
3
Move the pointer over the template name and choose
Export
from the menu.
N
OTE
Export and import operations require an open SMB port on the Managed
Server systems. Though the installation of the Managed Server agent software
takes care of opening 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-qsmbClient
command on each Managed Server system.