This recipe focuses on importing VMware templates to VMM.
In VMM 2012, the VMware virtual machine disk (.vmdk
) file is not copied/moved to the VMM library while importing a VMware template. Now, VMM copies the metadata associated with the VMware template and the VMDK file remains in the VMware datastore.
By employing this approach, when using templates VMM allows you to deploy VMs more efficiently and quickly. Moreover, VMM 2012 does not delete the source template.
Carry out the following steps to configure the BMC settings:
On the Library workspace in the VMM console, on the Home tab in the ribbon, click on Import VMware Template.
Select the VMware template(s) to import and click on OK.
To confirm that the template was added, expand Templates and click on VM Templates in the Library pane.