Citrix Systems 6 User Manual

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subtasks

contains  the  UUID(s)  of  all  the  subtasks  of
this task

read only

task-cancel

 [uuid=

<task_uuid>

]

Direct the specified Task to cancel and return.

Commands for working with VM templates.

Templates are essentially VMs with the 

 parameter set to 

. A template is a "gold image"

that contains all the various configuration settings to instantiate a specific VM. XenServer ships with a base set
of templates, which are generic "raw" VMs that can boot an OS vendor installation CD (e.g. RHEL, CentOS, SLES,
Windows). With XenServer you can create VMs, configure them in standard forms for your particular needs, and
save a copy of them as templates for future use in VM deployment.

The  template  objects  can  be  listed  with  the  standard  object  listing  command  (xe  template-list),  and  the
parameters manipulated with the standard parameter commands. See 

 for details.

Templates have the following parameters:

uuid

the  unique  identifier/object
reference for the template

read only

name-label

the name of the template

read/write

name-description

the  description  string  of  the
template

read/write

user-version

string  for  creators  of  VMs
and  templates  to  put  version
information

read/write

is-a-template

true  if  this  is  a  template.
Template  VMs  can  never  be
started,  they  are  used  only  for
cloning other VMs

read/write

is-control-domain

true  if  this  is  a  control  domain
(domain 0 or a driver domain)

read only

power-state

current  power  state;  always

 for a template

read only