Deploy multiple VM at once ? Store VM downloads locally ?

[HL__]

Hi,

I want to know if it is possible to:
1- deploy multiple VMs at once ?
2- store the downloads while starting a new VM locally so next time it doesn't need to ?
3- configure VMs with something like cloud init so there is a template for a faster creation ?

Thanks in advance

 

[Aries@PF]

I'm not sure what server class options there are with Parallels, but that'd be part of the Business class license if anything, so I'd suggest reading its features. AFAIK, you can only create local VMs (as opposed to AWS?) within the limitations of the Host specs. Again, I don't know of any automated VM creation and deployment like you see often with corporate managed Citrix VMs.

 

[Aries@PF]

*shakes head* Unless I'm misinterpreting what you're saying, this is fundamentallly wrong. You can definitely run an OS in Parallels that exceeds the maximum you can run natively on your actual hardware. I have a Big Sur VM and a Monterey VM on my vintage-2011 MacBook Pro that can't natively run anything newer than High Sierra.

To clarify, the boundaries of the Core hardware (CPU Core Count / RAM capacity installed)