vSphere Virtual Machine Administration - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration - Documentation - VMware
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<strong>vSphere</strong> <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> <strong>Administration</strong><br />
9 Finish <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> Creation on page 35<br />
Before you deploy the virtual machine, you can review the virtual machine settings.<br />
Start the Clone an Existing <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> Task<br />
To make an original copy of a virtual machine, you can clone an existing virtual machine. You can open the<br />
New <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> wizard from any object in the inventory that is a valid parent object of a virtual machine.<br />
You can also open the wizard directly from the virtual machine that you are going to clone.<br />
If you open the wizard from a virtual machine, the Select a creation type page does not appear.<br />
Procedure<br />
u Select to clone a virtual machine.<br />
Option Description<br />
Open the New <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> wizard<br />
from any object in the inventory<br />
Open the Clone Existing <strong>Virtual</strong><br />
<strong>Machine</strong> wizard from a template<br />
Select a <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> to Clone<br />
a Right-click any inventory object that is a valid parent object of a virtual<br />
machine, such as a datacenter, folder, cluster, resource pool, or host, and<br />
select New <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong>.<br />
b Select Clone an Existing <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> and click Next.<br />
The Select a name and folder page opens.<br />
Right-click the virtual machine and select Clone.<br />
The Select a name and folder page opens.<br />
You select a virtual machine to clone, and you can optionally select to customize the guest operating system<br />
and the virtual machine hardware. You can also select to turn on the virtual machine when you complete the<br />
creation procedure. You can change the properties of the guest operating system, such as the computer name,<br />
and network and license settings, which helps prevent conflicts that can result if virtual machines with identical<br />
settings are deployed. You can add a CD device such as an ISO file to install the guest operating system, or<br />
reconfigure the virtual machines' hardware, such as storage or networking, before you deploy the virtual<br />
machine.<br />
This page appears only if you opened the New <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> wizard from a inventory object that is not a<br />
template.<br />
NOTE If you start the deploy operation from a template, you select the customization and power options on<br />
a later page in the wizard.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 Search for or browse to the virtual machine, and select it.<br />
2 (Optional) Select Customize the operating system to customize the guest operating system of the virtual<br />
machine.<br />
3 (Optional) Select Customize this virtual machine's hardware to configure the virtual machine's hardware<br />
before deployment.<br />
4 (Optional) Select Power On <strong>Virtual</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> after creation to power on the virtual machine after creation<br />
is complete.<br />
5 Click Next.<br />
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