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Type

The type of the template disk. See Template compatibility table
To use the disk in the platform, it must have a correct type (not Unknown).
If you have not added any hypervisors yet, the V2V conversion process will generate conversions for ALL supported hypervisors

Capacity

The For the Capacity enter the hard disk size required for the deployed space that the hypervisor will need to deploy this disk in MB, GB, or TB.
See To get the capacity of the hard disk, use the process described at Determine the size of a VM disk file

. If you enter another value, the platform may ignore it or fail to deploy a VM.

• For fixed formats, the capacity is the physical size of the template disk.

• For sparse and compressed formats, the capacity is the provisioning size.

File name

Click Select file and use your browser to choose the file to upload.

Require DS tier

Select Datastore tier will be required when creating a virtual machine
if the user must select a datastore tier.

Allocation type

With appropriate privileges, you can modify this value in a VM before you deploy it

Controller type

Select a controller type from: IDE, SCSI, SATA (ESXi), and VIRTIO (KVM)

Controller

On ESXi you can enter a SCSI controller type. The default value is lsilogic

Name

The name of the disk

Capacity

The deployed size of the hard disk and unitsthe unit

Datastore tier

Only available for existing disks

Datastore tier will be required...

Select this checkbox to indicate that the user must select a datastore tier
while creating a VM.
The user will require the privilege to manage hard disks in order to create a VM

Allocation type

Optional. Allocation type of the disk.

Controller type

The controller type of disk

Controller

Optional for SCSI controllers only. See Template disk controllers for SCSI

Name

The name of the hard disk

Type

The disk type of the template.
If the type is incorrect or UNKNOWN, you cannot deploy a VM with the disk.
See Template compatibility table

Capacity

The For the Capacity enter the hard disk space that is required the hypervisor will need to deploy this disk .
See in MB, GB, or TB.
To get the capacity of the hard disk, use the process described at Determine the size of a VM disk file. If you enter another value, the platform may ignore it or fail to deploy a VM.

• For fixed formats, the capacity is the physical size of the template disk.

• For sparse and compressed formats, the capacity is the provisioning size.

Capacity units

MB, GB, or TB

File name

To download the disk, click Download beside the file name

Datastore tier

To set the storage service level of the template disk, select a Datastore tier. You can modify this value in a VM before you deploy it

Datastore tier will be required
while creating a virtual machine

Optional.
The user will require privileges to select a datastore tier to create a VM

Allocation type

The user with appropriate privileges can modify this value in a VM
before they deploy it

Controller type

If you change the controller type your VM may not boot.
The user can modify this value after they create a VM and before they deploy it.

Controller

On ESXi for SCSI

• You can use multiple controllers on a VM and you can change the
  controller, even after deploy

• The default value is lsilogic or a value set by the system administrator

See Template disk controllers for SCSI

Name

Hard disk name