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Nov 4, 2009 9:08 AM by
lamw
Depending on how you want to clone your VM, you can take a look at the vmclone.pl script which is part of the vSphere SDK for Perl Utilities and part of vCLI installation. You can setup a cron job to automate the cloning process based on your requirements. There is also a new 'scheduled task' in vSphere vCenter 4.0 that has a clone operation which you can set on your vCenter
It all depends on the requirements, much more customization can be done by writing your own script against the vSphere API's.
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It all depends on the requirements, much more customization can be done by writing your own script against the vSphere API's.
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William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009
VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/
vGhetto Script Repository
VMware Code Central - Scripts/Sample code for Developers and Administrators
VMware Developer Comuunity
Getting Started with the vMA (tips/tricks)
Getting Started with the vSphere SDK for Perl
Twitter: @lamw
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You can still use vmclone.pl for vCenter 2.5 and ESX(i) 3.5uX
Here are the VI Perl Toolkit utilities http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl15/doc/perl_toolkit_utilities_idx.html
=========================================================================
William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009
VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/
vGhetto Script Repository
VMware Code Central - Scripts/Sample code for Developers and Administrators
VMware Developer Comuunity
Getting Started with the vMA (tips/tricks)
Getting Started with the vSphere SDK for Perl
Twitter: @lamw
If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful".
Here are the VI Perl Toolkit utilities http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl15/doc/perl_toolkit_utilities_idx.html
=========================================================================
William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009
VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/
vGhetto Script Repository
VMware Code Central - Scripts/Sample code for Developers and Administrators
VMware Developer Comuunity
Getting Started with the vMA (tips/tricks)
Getting Started with the vSphere SDK for Perl
Twitter: @lamw
If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful".