Esx 4.1 clone to template

Clone creates an exact copy of a running Virtual Machine at the time of cloning process. Cloning a Virtual Machine creates an exact duplicate copy of the Virtual Machine with the same configuration and installed software without performing any additional settings.

Create a template to create a master image of aVirtual Machine from which you can deploy multiple virtual machines. You can create a clone of an existing installed and configured running Virtual Machine by right-clicking on it and selecting Clone.

You can create a template by converting a Virtual Machine to a template, cloning a Virtual Machine to a template, or cloning another template. Click Next. Select the Cluster or Host if you are not running a Cluster of where you want to store this Template. Select a datastore with sufficient room to store the Template and click Next.

I will be using Thin Provisioning to store me Template so it does not take up too much room. Verify your settings and click Finish. As you can see my new Template is now ready to use under the Template Folder.

Disclaimer: All the tutorials included on this site are performed in a lab environment to simulate a real world production scenario. Massimo Massimo While correct, there must be more to it than this; I couldn't get the copy of the VM to start properly.

It would always PXE then stop with a claim of "no operating system". That's strange, I've always been able to copy VMs this way. For me it also always worked by just copying the files. Rather than using cp, use vmkfstools. Christian Hammer Christian Hammer. Kevin Kuphal Kevin Kuphal 9, 1 1 gold badge 33 33 silver badges 41 41 bronze badges. I can confirm, ESXi 3. Antitribu Antitribu 1, 3 3 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 37 37 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

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