3.9. Managing Virtual Machine Configuration Samples

The configuration of a virtual machine is defined by its config.pvs configuration file. This file in XML format is automatically created when you make a new virtual machine and contains all parameters of the virtual machine: memory, CPU, disk space, and so on.

Once a virtual machine is created, you can manually configure its parameters using the prlctl utility. However, if you need to configure multiple parameters for several virtual machines, this may become a tedious task. To facilitate your work, you can create virtual machine samples and use them to quickly and easily change the configuration of virtual machines. You can even further simplify the configuration process by creating a virtual machine template and several sample files. In this case, you can quickly make a new virtual machine on the basis of your template and apply the desired configuration file to it.