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    <title>topic Re: Creating clone in VMware vSphere™ Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Creating-clone/m-p/482793#M4862</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Create an new VM without vDisks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. From the commandline&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; vmkfstools -i existing.vmdk ../newvm/newvm.vmdk -d thin&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. Modify the new&amp;nbsp; VM and select add existing vDisk.&amp;nbsp; If its a windows GuestOS think about sysprep&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Joerg&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 20:53:07 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>IRIX201110141</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-02-02T20:53:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Creating clone</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Creating-clone/m-p/482789#M4858</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;How to make a copy of a virtual machine? After right-clicking, I do not see the cloning option&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VSphere 6.0 Esx 6.0&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="rysunek.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7877i90A526F857DFBCC3/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="rysunek.jpg" alt="rysunek.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 08:08:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>kfsef</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-01-25T08:08:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Creating clone</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Creating-clone/m-p/482790#M4859</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You need vCenter to have that option....&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;/Rubeck&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:10:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Rubeck</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-01-25T11:10:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Creating clone</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Creating-clone/m-p/482791#M4860</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check if the following VMware KB article helps:&amp;nbsp; &lt;A href="https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1027865" title="https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1027865"&gt;VMware Knowledge Base&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: MetropolisRegular;"&gt;Note&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: MetropolisRegular;"&gt;: To be able clone a virtual machine, you must be connected to vCenter Server. You cannot clone virtual machines if you connect directly to an ESXi host.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:05:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>diegodco31</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-01-25T12:05:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Creating clone</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Creating-clone/m-p/482792#M4861</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: MetropolisRegular;"&gt;You cannot clone virtual machines if you connect directly to an ESXi host.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Why do you say something like that ???&lt;BR /&gt;All ESXi-versions including the free one can work with full clones and linked clones.&lt;BR /&gt;It is just not available via the graphical interface.&lt;BR /&gt;See my howto&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://sanbarrow.com/linkedcloneswithesxi.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://sanbarrow.com/linkedcloneswithesxi.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Ulli&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:11:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>continuum</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-01-25T20:11:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Creating clone</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Creating-clone/m-p/482793#M4862</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Create an new VM without vDisks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. From the commandline&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; vmkfstools -i existing.vmdk ../newvm/newvm.vmdk -d thin&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. Modify the new&amp;nbsp; VM and select add existing vDisk.&amp;nbsp; If its a windows GuestOS think about sysprep&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Joerg&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 20:53:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Creating-clone/m-p/482793#M4862</guid>
      <dc:creator>IRIX201110141</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-02-02T20:53:07Z</dc:date>
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