vSphere 5.1 – using previous templates

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

I just started playing with 5.1, having upgraded my Workstation 9 environment over the weekend. One of the first things I noticed was I could no longer convert a pre-5.1 template back to a virtual machine.

I have not looked up the how or why on this one, I just cloned the existing template

Giving it a new name (and in the process picking the alternate datastore I was intending to migrate the original to)

and then (after the clone is complete) delete the original template

And note now if I needed to I can convert the new one.

note also the new one isn’t hardware version 9 or (seemingly) have any other change from the original.

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About JAndrews

Currently a VMware Certified Instructor and vExpert (2012) I have been a programmer, network admin, network engineer, security specialist, storage specialist and virtualization specialist. See About for more. Certifications include VMware: VCI, VCAP(4,5)-DCA, VCP (3,4,5) | Microsoft: MCSE (NT, 2003:Messaging, Security) | NetApp NACE | Novell CNE | IBM CATE
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