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6 Select the format for the virtual machine's disks.
Option Action
Same format as source
Use the same format as the source virtual machine.
Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
Create a virtual disk in a default thick format. Space required for the
virtual disk is allocated during creation. Any data remaining on the
physical device is not erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand
at a later time on first write from the virtual machine.
Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
Create a thick disk that supports clustering features such as Fault
Tolerance. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time.
In contrast to the thick provision lazy zeroed format, the data remaining
on the physical device is zeroed out during creation. It might take longer
to create disks in this format than to create other types of disks.
Thin Provision
Use the thin provisioned format. At first, a thin provisioned disk uses only
as much datastore space as the disk initially needs. If the thin disk needs
more space later, it can grow to the maximum capacity allocated to it.
7 Select a guest operating system customization option.
Option Description
Do not customize
Select Do not customize and click Next.
Does not customize any of the guest operating system settings. All settings
remain identical to those of the source virtual machine.
Customize using the Customization
Wizard
Opens the Customization Wizard so that you can select customization
options for the guest operating system.
Select this option and click Next to launch the Customization Wizard.
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To customize a Linux guest operating system, see “Customize Linux
During Cloning or Deployment in the vSphere Client,” on page 113.
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To customize a Windows guest operating system, see “Customize
Windows During Cloning or Deployment in the vSphere Client,” on
page 111.
Customize using an existing
customization specification
Uses the settings in a saved customization specification to customize the
guest operating system.
a Select Customize using an existing customization specification.
b Select the customization specification that you want to use.
c (Optional) Select Use the Customization Wizard to temporarily
adjust the specification before deployment if you want to make
changes to the specification for this deployment only.
d Click Next.
8 Review your selections and select whether to power on the virtual machine or edit virtual machine
settings.
Option Action
Power on this virtual machine after
creation.
Select this option and click Finish.
The virtual machine powers on after the deployment task completes.
Edit virtual hardware.
a Select this option and click Continue.
b Make any changes and click OK.
The cloned virtual machine is deployed. You cannot use or edit the virtual machine until the cloning is
complete. This might take several minutes if the cloning involves creating a virtual disk. You can cancel the
cloning at any point before the customization stage.
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