This topic lists the tasks that you can perform with virtual server
templates and with operating system templates.
There are two types of templates within z/VM Center:
- Virtual server templates
- are templates on which z/VM virtual servers are based. Most of the parameters
of a z/VM virtual server are determined by the parameters of the virtual server
template on which it is based. After the z/VM virtual server has been created
these parameters are fixed.
- Operating system templates
- are templates on which operating system instances are based. An operating
system template is created from an especially prepared instance of an operating
system, the master system. To z/VM, an operating system template is
a guest virtual machine. Once an operating system template is in place, it
can be used to create operating system instances.