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On ESXi Free, there is no possibility to clone a virtual machine from the GUI. This details how to clone a virtual machine from the command line.
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On ESXi Free, there is no possibility to clone a virtual machine from the GUI. This details how to clone a virtual machine from the command line. Start the VMWare Client. Select the ESXi Host. Select the Configuration Tab, then Security Profile. In Services select "Properties". cd into the datastore For example: Translations Ignore |
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Locate the vmdk file for the current version of the disk to clone in the original VM directory. For example, for the first snapshot of the disk, the disk name will be disk-name-000001.vmdk Clone the disk using the following command Translations Ignore |
This will create a clone of the disk, thin provisioned. Copy the other VM files into the directory.Edit the VM file if necessary, and change the name of the mounted disk to the newly cloned disk. Translations Ignore |
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