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Administration Guide
294 VMware, Inc.
Cloning the Virtual Machine
Now!that!you!have!a!virtual!machine!with!Windows!2000!Advanced!Server!installed,!
clone!this!virtual!machine!instead!of!creating!virtual!machines!individually.
To clone the virtual machine
1Run!sysprep.exe,!which!is!available!on!the!Windows!2000!CD!in!the!
\support\tools\deploy.cab!file.!
Strips!the!Security!ID!assigned!to!the!guest!operating!system!and!resets!the!
machine!information!as!well!as!the!TCP/IP!network!configuration.
2Shut!down!the!guest!operating!system!and!power!off!the!virtual!machine.
3Go!to!the!console!of!the!second!ESX!Server!machine.!
This!is!where!you!copy!the!virtual!disk!that!resulted!from!creating!the!first!node.
4Log!on!as!root.
5 Change!directories:!cd /vmfs/vms.
Assumes!that!the!internal!storage!for!the!second!server!is!in!a!VMFS!partition!
labeled!vms.
6Use!the!ftp!command:!ftp <server1-hostname>.
7 Change!directories:!cd!/vmfs/vms.
Changes!the!current!directory!to!the!VMFS!partition!on!the!first!server!where!you!
created!the!first!node’s!virtual!disk.
8Set!the!type!(transfer!mode)!to!binary:!bin.
If!you!use!text!transfer!mode,!the!virtual!disk!may!not!be!usable!on!the!target!
server.
9Type:!hash!on.
Turns!on!the!display!of!a!series!of!hash!signs!as!a!transfer!progress!indicator.
10 Retrieve!the!virtual!disk!file:!get!cluster1.vmdk
Initiates!the!transfer!of!the!virtual!disk!file!to!the!current
!directory!on!the!second!
ESX!Server!machine.
11 After!the!file!transfer!is!completed,!type!bye!to!end!the!FTP!session.
12 Rename!the!file:!mv!cluster1.vmdk!cluster2.vmdk
This!renames!the!virtual!disk!to!cluster2.vmdk.