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15 PS Series Template Volumes and Thin Clones: How and When to Use Them | TR1063
1. Provision one thin clone as described in section 2.
2. Preform a rescan of the storage adapter from ESXi, and select Add Storage from the Storage tab.
3. When presented with the Mount Options dialogue shown in Figure 7, select Assign a new
signature.
Select the Assign new signature option
4. Once the datastore has been mounted and resignatured, it will have the same datastore label, but
with snap- prefixed. Rename the datastore clone to a more suitable name, like Developer#.
5. Repeat this process for each thin clone that is needed.
View of resignatured and renamed thin clones