An administrator wants to use standard images for virtual machine deployment. What are
two benefits that can be achieved by creating these images as templates
(Choose Two)?
A.
easier to upgrade and manage multiple VMs
B.
less disk space used for base images
C.
base images cannot be directly modified
D.
templates deploy faster than cloning
Explanation:
VirtualCenter 2 Templates Usage and Best Practices, page 3.
Overview of VirtualCenter 2 Templates
Templates have been redesigned to fit into the new VMware Infrastructure inventory
model and have been updated to address the need to keep virtual machines updated with
the most recent operating systems and application patches. Instead of saving virtual
machine templates in a completely separate inventory, VirtualCenter 2 stores templates
into the main inventory with other virtual machines. However, templates are identified by
a different icon and by the ability to prevent them from powering on. As such, templates
can now be:
inventory views.
receive updates and templates that cannot powered on, but can be used as the source
images from which to deploy new virtual machines.
machine conversions or stored in sparse (non-runnable) virtual disk format to conserve
storage space.