As mentioned before it's neither recommended to clone ESXi nor is it supported. I'd recommend you take a look at unattended installation (Kickstart) for mass installations.
André
Hello.
Note: This discussion was moved from the VMware ESXi 5 community to the VMware ESX™ 4 community.
It is not recommended to clone an ESX install.
Good Luck!
You can use VMware standalone converter. http://vmware.com/go/converter
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Steps:
Done. It's not easy and requires Enterprise Plus licenses, but you'll have a supportable configuration for mass deployments.
thks for the info i'm try to clone the hypervisior for mass repaid deployment any suggestion?
As mentioned before it's neither recommended to clone ESXi nor is it supported. I'd recommend you take a look at unattended installation (Kickstart) for mass installations.
André