Edit template Advanced tab

You can also specify some Advanced template values using the OVF and the API. See Extended OVF Support and Template Definition.

Field	Value
Guest setup	Select Guest setup option of Cloud-init or Hypervisor tools.
Guest initial password	If Guest setup is selected, select this option to request an initial password
Cost code	Pricing cost code for this template. Requires the "Add a cost code in VM Template edition" privilege. See Pricing View
Operating system	Sets the VMware guest operating system type. Select from the pull-down list. For more details, see Guest operating system definition for VMware and Extended OVF Support and Template Definition. This attribute also enables users to search for templates in public cloud (e.g. Ubuntu 64-bit template). To use the latest version of an operating system, select a generic type, e.g. WINDOWS, and do not enter the version. If the template does not have an icon, the platform will load the default icon defined for the OS or the generic OS type.
Os Version	OS version is used to: add operating systems not included in the list of codes provide details of operating systems set the VMware guest operating system type See Guest operating system definition for VMware and Extended OVF Support and Template Definition for further details.
User	Default user for a VM created from this template for SSH access.
Password	Default password for the default User of a VM created from this template.
NIC driver	Abiquo always supports E1000 drivers On ESXi, Abiquo also supports PCNet32 and VMXNET3 On KVM, Abiquo supports VIRTIO drivers.
Enable UEFI boot	When selected, disable BIOS boot and enable UEFI boot. Requires templates with UEFI firmware and operating system support for UEFI boot. Abiquo recommends that users: Do not change the template's disk controllers Meet the minimum hardware requirements for the OS Correctly indicate the 32/64 bit architecture For VMs, the uefiEnabled attribute is read-only and it is available via the API.
Enable hot add / reconfigure in VM	See separate section
Creation user	SYSTEM means that the platform created the template, for example, from an OVF file in the NFS repository.
Creation date	Date and time when the template was created.

Enable hot add and hot reconfigure for VM templates

To allow users to reconfigure their VMs without powering off, set these values as described on the Advanced tab of the VM edit dialog.

Option	Description
Enable hot-add or hot reconfigure in VM	Supported providers only with supported guest operating systems. Check that the Operating system and OS version are correctly set for your system ESXi: See VMware documentation. After you hot-add or hot-reconfigure, remember to update your guest system as required
CPU hot-add	Enable users to add CPUs in the platform while the VM is powered on
RAM hot-add	Enable users to add RAM in the platform while the VM is powered on
Disks hot-reconfigure	Enable users to remove SCSI disks from the boot sequence and add SCSI disks to the end of the boot sequence while the VM is powered on IDE disks are not supported The platform will save other changes to the boot sequence but it will not implement them in the hypervisor. To implement these changes, power off the VM and make another configuration change that will trigger a reconfigure
NICs hot-reconfigure	Enable users to add and remove NICs in the platform while the VM is powered on
Remote access hot-reconfigure	Enable users to reset remote access in the platform while the VM is powered on. On ESXi, if the user changes the VNC password, the change will apply after the power on