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tibble2
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Creating a New Vm from the files of a current one?

Hi,

Is anyone aware of a quick way to create a new virtual machine from say a base image or a machine which is already running in Vm-ware?

If so what kind of file should I be looking for and how would I do it.

Many thanks

James

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Dave_Mishchenko
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If you're running VirtualCenter, you can shut the VM down, and then right click on it and select clone. If you don't, then you can use this process -

1) Create a new VM with the specs you want and a small HD.

2) Edit the VM and remove the HD.

3) Copy the VMDK over from the source to new folder with vmkfstools -i /source_path/source.vmdk /dest_path/destination.vmdk

4) Edit the VM, add a HD and use an existing VMDK file - select the new VMDK that was created.

5) Power on the VM and run sysprep, etc.

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christianZ
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You can use cloning (but the vm must be off) or VMWare Converter.

Dave_Mishchenko
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If you're running VirtualCenter, you can shut the VM down, and then right click on it and select clone. If you don't, then you can use this process -

1) Create a new VM with the specs you want and a small HD.

2) Edit the VM and remove the HD.

3) Copy the VMDK over from the source to new folder with vmkfstools -i /source_path/source.vmdk /dest_path/destination.vmdk

4) Edit the VM, add a HD and use an existing VMDK file - select the new VMDK that was created.

5) Power on the VM and run sysprep, etc.

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Chamon
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To create a template of the VM right click the VM and select Clone to template. This will create a group of files into a template that you can then right click the template and select deploy from template.