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Administration Guide
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Repeat!this!command!using!a!different!target!filename!to!create!more!than!one!
copy.
This!concludes!the!cloning!process.!Now!continue!with!creating!the!second!node!
virtual!machine
Cloning the Virtual Machine to Another ESX Server Machine
This!section!assumes!that!you!are!planning!to!run!each!node!of!an!eight‐node!cluster!
on!a!separate!ESX!Server!machine.!To!run!a!different!number!of!nodes!on!each!ESX!
Server!machine,!adjust!the!procedure.
To clone a virtual machine and move it to another ESX Server physical machine
1Run!sysprep.exe,!which!is!available!on!the!Windows!2000!CD!in!the!
\support\tools\deploy.cab!file.!
This!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.
3At!the!ESX!Server!console!(on!a!machine!other!than!the!one!where!you!created
!the!
first!node),!log!on!as!root.
4 Change!directories:!cd!/vmfs/vms.
This!is!the!directory!where!you!want!to!create!the!virtual!disk.
5Use!the!ftp!command:!ftp!<first-ESX-Server-Hostname>.
6 Change!directories:!cd!/vmfs/vms.
7Set!the!type!to!binary:!bin.
8Type:!hash!on.
9 Retrieve!the!virtual!disk!file:!get!cluster1.vmdk.
This!transfers!a!copy!of!
the!virtual!disk!to!the!second!ESX!Server!machine’s!VMFS!
partition.!
10 Quit!the!ftp!session:!bye.
11 Rename!the!virtual!disk!file:!mv!cluster1.vmdk!cluster9.vmdk.
This!assumes!that!this!ESX!Server!machine!will!host!nodes!9!and!up.
Repeat!this!command!using!a!different!target!file!name!if!you!want!to!create!more!
than!one!copy.