Users Guide

6. Use the VHD on the volume to create a VM template. You can explore the discovered VHDs in the Library Servers (click Library
workspace → Library Servers → Server or Share). See the following figure.
Figure 16. Library Servers in VMM Screen
If configured correctly, when you open the library host, the discovered VHD opens to show a Yes in the property field labeled SAN
Copy Capable. This setting ensures that thin clones of the underlying template volume are used instead of copying data across the
network during VM provisioning.
7. Because the template volume was created outside of SCVMM, update the SMP in SCVMM before you refresh your library resources,
as follows:
a) Navigate to the Providers view in the Fabric workspace, then click Fabric → Providers.
b) Right-click the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider and run the Rescan command from the menu. (The Refresh
option retrieves the current state of the provider cache, but the Rescan option forces a rescan of the cache before refreshing the
storage resources.)
8. Continue with the following procedure,Create a VM Template from a VHD.
Create a VM Template From a VHD
You can create a VM template using the SCVMM GUI, as described below, or by using the SCVMM Command Shell and running the New-
SCVirtualMachine cmdlet.
1. Click Library → Servers to open the library resources view.
2. Right-click a VHD and select Create VM Template, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 17. Create VM Template Screen
3. In the Create VM Template wizard, specify the template name and, optionally, a description, then click Next.
For further information about configuring VM templates, see the Microsoft SCVMM documentation.
4. Make sure the new template is opened under the VM Templates view in the Library workspace (click Library → Templates → VM
Templates). Confirm that the VM template says Yes in the SAN Copy Capable Property field. This setting ensures that thin clones of
the underlying template volume are used instead of copying data across the network during VM provisioning. (See the following
figure.)
Use SCVMM With the Dell EqualLogic SMP
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