Steps to make a clean VM for use as a template or clone
Issue
- How can I prepare a clean RHEL VM so that can be used as a template for creating new VMs?
- Need to unconfigure a RHEL guest so it can be cloned in the future.
- What is the equivalent of Windows
sysprepfor RHEL?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- KVM
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