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Automating VM clone/Snapshot/Restore using Vsphere CLI

Hi all,

I am using VMware Vsphere CLI options for automating my environment. While automating I ran into below queries.

_VM Cloning _

  • Currently by looking into the
    documentation I used the CLI “vmkfstool –clonevirtualdisk” for cloning the VM
    Image. I observed that the CLI only cloned the “<VM Name>.vmdk” file but
    other dependent configuration files like “<VM Name>.nvram , <VM
    Name>.vmx” etc were not cloned by the CLI.

    • How can we clone the existing
      VMWare images using CLI so that we have all the required files like “ ’.vmdk’,
      ‘.vmx’, ‘.nvram’ ” etc available with us?

_*VM Snapshot/Restore*_

    • How can we list the names of all
      the snapshots available for a particular VM Image using
      CLI?

    • How can we restore a particular
      snapshot from list of available snapshots using CLI?

Also please let me know if we have a CLI that can be executed remotely using which we can Query a particular VM for its MAC and IP Address.

Thanks and Regards

-Saurabh

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