Procedure 8.1. To Create a Virtual Machine Pool

1. Log in to the administration portal. In flat mode, click the Pools resource tab to display a list of virtual machine pools.
2. Click the New button to open the New Pool window.
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   Figure 8.6. Create a new virtual machine pool

   Enter FinWinPool in Name and 5 in Number of VMs. In the Based On Template field, select FinanWinDesk. You may alter other settings, but this example retains the defaults. Click OK to create the virtual machine pool.
3. In the Virtual Machines tab, you can see that five new virtual machines have been created. You must boot each virtual machine to allow sysprep to set up the virtual machines and add them to the domain as specified when you created the template. This process will take a few minutes; you can either open consoles to all the virtual machines to monitor the progress of setup or wait until you see the virtual machine information (like IP addresses) display on the results list, which indicates that setup is complete.
4. Power off all virtual machines in the pool. To do so, select all virtual machines in the pool and click the Stop button. The virtual machines will move to a Powering Down state, which later changes to Down.