Specifications

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Chapter 13 Working with Templates and Clones
To clone a virtual machine
1StartVirtualCenterandlogintotheVirtualCenterServer.
2Fromtheinventorypanel,clicktheInventorybuttoninthenavigationbar.
Theinventorypanelandtheinformationpaneldisplaythedatastores,resource
pools,hosts,andvirtualmachineinformation.Theinventorytoolbarappears.
3 Expandtheinventoryasneeded,andclickthesource
virtualmachine.
4Poweroffthevirtualmachine.
5TostarttheCloneaVirtualMachinewizard,clicktheClonetoNewVirtual
MachinelinkintheCommandsarea,orchooseClonefromthepop‐upmenu.
TheCloneVirtualMachinewizardappears.
6Enteravirtualmachinename,selectalocation,andclickNext.
7 Select
ahostorclusteronwhichtoruntheclone,andclickNext.
8Ifyouchooseacluster,youmustchooseaspecifichostwithinthecluster,andclick
Next.
9 Selectaresourcepoolinwhichtoruntheclone,andclickNext.
10 Selectthedatastorelocationwhereyouwant
tostorethevirtualmachinefiles,and
clickNext.
11 ClicktheAdvancedbuttonformoreoptions,andclickNext.
TheSelectGuestCustomizationOptionpageappears.Youcanchooseto
customizetheguestoperatingsystemusingthewizardorusinganexisting
customizationspecification.Youcanalsochoosenottocustomize.
Formoreinformation,see“CustomizingGuestOperatingSystems”onpage 215.
12 Selecttheappropriateradiobutton,andclickNext.
13 Reviewyourselections,andclickFinish.
OntheReadytoCompleteNewVirtualMachinepage,youcanselectthecheckbox
topoweronthenewvirtualmachineaftercreation.Afteryouclick
Finish,you
cannotuseoreditthevirtualmachineuntilthetaskcompletes.Ifthetaskinvolves
thecreationofavirtualdisk,itcouldtakeseveralminutestocomplete.