"-000001" number is appended to the vmdk while provisioning a virtual machine using the template
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"-000001" number is appended to the vmdk while provisioning a virtual machine using the template

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Article ID: 325810

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Products

VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

  • You are able to map one of templates between "Content Libraries" and "VMs and Templates" in Image Mapping menu in Aria Automation.
  • You use the template of VMs and Templates in Image Mapping menu and provision a virtual machine using the template, the disk file, or vmdk, has 000001 appended at the end of the name.
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  • With release of vCenter 7.0, check in/out feature was introduced. This feature is developed for customer to manage versioning of templates in Content Libraries.
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When the template is created in "Content Libraries", it consists of parent and child virtual disks and child virtual disk is used for versioning.
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Resolution

If you do not want the newly create virtual machine to append "-000001" number to vmdk file, you must use the template from Content Libraries.
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