Nutanix describes a special process for updating golden images or templates without modifying the original source object directly. The documentation states:
“Complete Guest OS Update creates a temporary, cloned instance of the template, boots it, and allows administrators to patch or update the operating system. Once updates are applied, the system recomposes the template with the modifications.”
This process ensures that templates remain clean and version-controlled while still allowing regular OS patching operations. Other options such as Create VM from Template merely instantiate running VMs and do not update the template source. Update Guest OS and Update Configuration refer to VM-level settings but do not create a temporary working copy for template lifecycle management.
Thus, Complete Guest OS Update is the correct feature.
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