1. Power off Virtual Machine to be cloned
2. Create a new directory within the datastore:
mkdir /vmfs/volumes/datastore/clone_name
3. Clone a vmdk to the new directory using vmkfstools:
vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore/sourcevm/name.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastore/clone_name/clone.vmdk
4. Create New Virtual Machine:
- New VM
- Custom
- Name e.g. CLONE-NAME
- Datastore
- Virtual Machine 8
- Guest OS e.g. Windows Server 2012 r2
- CPUs
- Memory
- Network
- SCSI Controller (LSI Logic SAS)
- Use an existing virtual disk (Browse and select clone .vmdk file from above)
- Virtual Device Node (SCSI 0:0)
- Finish
5. Power on Virtual Machine
6. Update hostname and IP address
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