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8 Enter Additional Customization Parameters for the Guest Operating System on page 37
In the User Settings screen, you can enter the NetBIOS name and configure the network settings of the
virtual machine.
9 Customize Virtual Machine Hardware on page 38
Before you deploy a new virtual machine, you have the option to configure the virtual hardware.
When you create a virtual machine, the virtual disk is selected by default. You can use the New device
drop-down menu on the Customize Hardware page to add a new hard disk, select an existing disk, or
add an RDM disk.
10 Finish Virtual Machine Creation on page 38
Before you deploy the virtual machine, you can review the virtual machine settings.
Start the Clone an Existing Virtual Machine Task
To make an original copy of a virtual machine, you can clone an existing virtual machine. You can open the
New Virtual Machine wizard from any object in the inventory that is a valid parent object of a virtual
machine. You can also open the wizard directly from the virtual machine that you are going to clone.
If you open the wizard from a virtual machine, the Select a creation type page does not appear.
Procedure
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Select to clone a virtual machine.
Option Description
Open the New Virtual Machine
wizard from any object in the
inventory
a Right-click any inventory object that is a valid parent object of a virtual
machine, such as a datacenter, folder, cluster, resource pool, or host,
and select New Virtual machine > New Virtual Machine....
b Select Clone an existing virtual machine and click Next.
The Select a virtual machine page opens.
Open the Clone Existing Virtual
Machine wizard from a virtual
machine
Right-click the virtual machine and select Clone > Clone to Virtual
Machine.
The Select a name and folder page opens.
Select a Virtual Machine to Clone
You select a virtual machine to clone, and you can optionally select to customize the guest operating system
and the virtual machine hardware. You can also select to turn on the virtual machine when you complete
the creation procedure. You can change the properties of the guest operating system, such as the computer
name, and network and license settings, which helps prevent conflicts that can result if virtual machines
with identical settings are deployed. You can add a CD device such as an ISO file to install the guest
operating system, or reconfigure the virtual machines' hardware, such as storage or networking, before you
deploy the virtual machine.
This page appears only if you opened the New Virtual Machine wizard from a inventory object that is not a
template.
NOTE If you start the deploy operation from a template, you select the customization and power options on
a later page in the wizard.
Procedure
1 Search for or browse to the virtual machine, and select it.
2 (Optional) Select Customize the operating system to customize the guest operating system of the
virtual machine.
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