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asvidra
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cloning

Have come across so many definitions for cloning and types ?

Which is currently available

Full Clone & Linked Clone

Cold cloning & hot Cloning

Full database clones & Linked DB Clones

Schema only clone & Schema and Data Clone ....

Kindly can anyone give a brief explanation with some scenario to understand.

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weinstein5
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Full Clone & Linked Clone

Full Clone: Is an exact copy of the VM with full virtual disk(s)

Linked Clone: Is a copy of the VM but utilizes snapshots to that each VM copy can be utilized independently - typically used for VMware View where you have a base image of the workstation and then linked clones being used by different users

Cold cloning & hot Cloning

Cold Cloning: Making a clone of the VM while it is off

Hot Cloning - Making a clone while the VM is running

Full database clones & Linked DB Clones

This I am not sure what it is because it is not a VMware option but I would assume it is similar to VMware Full and LInked Clones

Schema only clone & Schema and Data Clone ....

Schema Only - this is for database where you copy the database definition and structure but none of the data

Schema and Data Clone - is copy of the entire database

Kindly can anyone give a brief explanation with some scenario to understand.

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