Clone VM to Template - VMWare

Create source VM

• Create a VM with RHEL minimal
• Update to latest
• Remove unwanted components if any
• Make sure necessory packages there (like vim, bind-utils, nmap etc)
• Make sure necessory services are enabled (ssh etc)
• Power-off VM

Create template from VM

• Goto “VM Customization Specifications” and Create profile with detail.
• Goto “Content Libraries” and create a folder to keep template
• Goto “VMs and Templates”, Right click on Source VM and Clone -> Clone as Template to Library
  • Create a name for template
  • Choose the folder, location (Library) and cluster; create template.

Test VM Template

• Either right click the template and create VM or From Cluster -> Actions -> New Virtual Machine -> Choose “Deploy from template”

• Choose our custom template and give a name for VM

• Choose “Customize the Operating System”

• Choose the Custom profile we have create earlier

• Give a name for VM (we configured in profile like that or can automate too)