VMware Communities > VMTN > General > Virtual Machine & Guest OS > Discussions

This Question is Answered

1 "helpful" answer available (6 pts)
2 Replies Last post: Jun 25, 2009 8:42 PM by VMmatty
Reply

Hot Clone a ESX 3.5 u3 Guest

Jun 25, 2009 8:47 AM

Click to view kryichek's profile Hot Shot kryichek 186 posts since
Sep 27, 2005
When you hot clone a guest in ESX 3.5 u3 does it only clone the parents or does it somehow capture all the deltas and apply it to both the source and destination?
Reply Re: Hot Clone a ESX 3.5 u3 Guest Jun 25, 2009 12:46 PM
Click to view Anton V Zhbankov's profile Champion Anton V Zhbankov 2,714 posts since
May 26, 2008
No, it just creates snapshot and clones VM at the moment of "Clone" :) No deltas are applied to cloned VM.

---
VMware vExpert '2009
http://blog.vadmin.ru
Reply Re: Hot Clone a ESX 3.5 u3 Guest Jun 25, 2009 8:42 PM
Click to view VMmatty's profile Expert VMmatty 410 posts since
Oct 17, 2008
If you need to capture the deltas from the VM as the clone is taking place, I'd recommend using VMware Converter 4.0 instead. That has the ability to capture any changes made during the conversion process and apply them to the new VM.
Actions