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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
Cloning the Virtual Machine, an Alternate Method
1. Run 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.
2. Shut down the guest operating system and power off the virtual machine.
3. At the ESX Server console, log on as root.
4. Change directories: cd /vmfs/vms
This changes the current directory to the VMFS partition where you created the
virtual disk.
5. Create a copy of the virtual disk: cp cluster1.dsk cluster2.dsk
This creates a copy of the virtual disk. You may repeat this command using a
different target filename if you want 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. If you are planning to run a different number of
nodes on each ESX Server machine, adjust the procedure accordingly.
1. Run 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.
2. Shut down the guest operating system and power off the virtual machine.
3. At 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 changes the current directory to the VMFS partition where you want to
create the virtual disk.
5. Use the ftp command: ftp <first-ESX-Server-Hostname>
6. Change directories: cd /vmfs/vms
7. Set the type to binary: bin
8. Type: hash on