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