Specifications

EMC CIS Series 1 Pod Installation and Configuration Guide

5 Pod Cloning

This section will help you create multiple student pods. The following sections describe

the NETLAB+ pod cloning feature used to create student pods on one or two host

systems.

5.1 Linked Clones and Full Clones

NETLAB+ can create linked clones or full clones.

A linked clone (or linked virtual machine) is a virtual machine that shares virtual disks

with the parent (or master) virtual machine in an ongoing manner. This conserves disk

space, and allows multiple virtual machines to use the same software installation.

Linked clones can be created very quickly because most of the disk is shared with the

parent VM.

A full clone is an independent copy of a virtual machine that shares nothing with the

parent virtual machine after the cloning operation. Ongoing operation of a full clone is

entirely separate from the parent virtual machine.

5.2 Creating User Pods on the First Host

The following section describes how to create user pods on the same VMware host

system that holds your master pod's virtual machines. In this scenario, we will create

linked virtual machines using the NETLAB+ pod cloning utility.

1. Login into NETLAB+ with the administrator account.

2. Select the Equipment Pods link.

3. Click on your master pod.

4. Click the Clone button to create a new pod based on the settings of this pod.