I have VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3a
I want to clone a Windows 2003 machine:
VMWare name: VM1
Windows Name(OS): VM1
Domain joined
IP address fixed
New Vm will be called VM2
I'm thinking of using this clone procedure:
1. Shutdown VM1
2. Clone VM1 to VM2 running the wizard with customisations
3. Start VM1 [as users need the downtime to be as small as possible]
4. Turn off NIC for VM2
5. Start VM2
6. Move VM2 from domain to workgroup; ie. take VM2 out of domain
7. Change IP address of VM2 to new IP
8. Shutdown VM2
9. Turn on NIC for VM2
10. Start VM2
11. Join VM2 to domain
Questions
1. Is the above procedure correct?
2. If I adopt the above procedure do I need to do a manual sysprep?
3. Do I need to copy the sysprep utility from the Windows install CD/DVD into VMWare
somewhere for VMWare to do it's customisation process?
