I'm experimenting with ESXi and wonder if there is a way to make a master copy of a VM and use it to replicate VMs. I have a base install of linux in a VM and i'd like to copy that base image to multiple VMs. Is it is easy as copying the VM files to another folder and renaming them?
yes that is called a template, but you need Virtual Center Server to make that work. Otherwise there is a function called cloning which will do the same thing. either way you do have the ability to make 1 master image and clone to other VM's.
We don't have virtual center yet. I will be investigating that later. Can cloning be done with out virutal center? Where can I get more information about that?
