# Create VM's Template
## **Overview**
* HI GIO provides virtual machine (VM) template sizes and operating systems.
* The HI GIO template is a good place to start when you first deploy VMs into the HI GIO. However, you may want to create a template containing specific applications that you can use to deploy VMs quickly.
* Assume your VM has already installed OS and VMware tools and is preconfigured.
## **Procedure**
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Prerequisites: VMware Tools must be installed & VM is **powered off**.
**Step 1:** On the **Virtual Data Center** dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore, and from the left panel, select **Virtual Machines**.
**Step 2:** Click **card view**
**Step 3:** On the card of the virtual machine that you want to start, click **DETAILS**.
**Step 4:** To enable\disable Hot-add for CPU\Memory, Click **Compute** > **Edit** (CPU section or Memory section)
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**Attention:** VM’s state must be powered off.
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**Step 5:** Enable **toggle** and click **Save**
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**Attention: vSphere restriction attention: vSphere restriction**
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1. VMware has set a maximum value for hot-add memory. By default, this value is 16 times the memory assigned to the virtual machine. ()
2. If you are running WM with Linux OS having less than 3GB RAM, you can change the memory to only 3GB RAM in total if you need more. You must power off the VM, increase memory to, for example, 4 GB RAM, and power it on again. ().
**Step 6:** To customize Guest OS, Click **Guest OS Customization** > **EDIT**
**TIP**: Guest OS Customization will help you prepare the logon, change the password, \ Join the Domain (just for Windows) in the first boot after deploying.
**Step 7:** On Edit Guest Properties
Depends on the guest OS – Linux or Windows. The view of this page has some differences:
* The **Enable guest customization** check box is selected.
* **Change the SID** option (for Windows OS)
* Select **Allow local administrator password**
* Select **Require administrator to change the password on the first login** to require all administrators to change the password upon initial login (Administrators must know the old password)
* Select **Auto Generate password** or **Specify password** (if you want to define it yourself).
* Join Domain (this session is for Windows OS)
**Step 8**: Click **Save**
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**Step 1:** On the **Virtual Data Center** dashboard screen, click the card of the virtual data center you want to explore, and from the left panel, select **Virtual Machines**.
**Step 2:** Click **card view**
**Step 3:** On the card of the virtual machine that you want to start, click **ACTIONS**.
**Step 4:** Click **Create Template**
On the Add to Catalog page
**Step 5:** Select the **catalog** that will store this template
**Step 6:** Enter the **Name** of the template
**Step 7:** Select **Customize VM** setting and click **OK** to process
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**The other way to create the template by upload your template to HI GIO**
The maximum import size is **50 GB**. Large image files or templates might take a long time to upload. For assistance with files **larger than** **50 GB**, request the support team.
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