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dkilcy
Contributor
Contributor

Cannot clone VM on different host

ESX 3.0.0.27701

VirtualCenter 2.0

I see the following inventory in my VI client... ( I am connecting the VI Client to VC)

Host & Clusters

+--FOO

+---ClusterDRS

\ | +---Host1

\ | +---VM1

\ |

+---Host2

+---VM2

I want to clone VM1 on the ClusterDRS to Host2.

VM1 is powered off.

So I right click on VM1 and select Clone. The Clone Virtual Machine Wizard appears.

I give my VM a new name.

I select FOO as my VM inventory location and click Next

It then asks "Which host or cluster do you want to run this VM ?"..I select "Host2" and click Next.

I select my datastore and click Next

I select Do not customize and click Next

The it says the VM will be created with the following options..blah blah. I click Finish

A task appears on the client "A specified parameter was not correct"

How do I figure out what "parameter is not correct". Is there a log file or something (Im still a n00b at this)

Thanks

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2 Replies
radhika1780
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Check out vpxd log file for more information

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cheeko
Expert
Expert

Can you clone that VM to the same datastore that it's located on?

Beside that: I'd go with ESX 3.0.1 with your hosts as a lot of things were fixed from 3.0.0.

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