Pop Quiz
Pop Quiz: System Center 2012: Exporting Service Templates
Applies to the "Configure and Deploy Virtual Machines and Services" objective of Exam 70-247.
Q: A company's network administrator needs to assign permissions to a self-service user in System Center to export a virtual machine service template.
Which self-service role user role can export and import service templates that they have access to irrespective of the owner?
- Operator
- Author
- Deploy (From template only)
- Deploy
Answer is B. In VMM, administrators can export and import all service templates. Self-service users whose user role is Author action can export and import service templates. When a self-service user imports a service template, that user becomes the service template owner.
Quick Tip: A service template can be exported to a file share or to a VMM library share. However, by storing the .XML file on a library share, administrators have access to the file for service template imports.
Reference: Exporting and Importing Service Templates in VMM
Bonus Question: Which components are required to provide end-to-end automation using System Center 2012? (The answer, of course, will be revealed next time!)
Answer to bonus question from last week: An answer file can be invoked by a script within a Virtual Machine Template to automate the installation of the virtual machine.
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