copy/duplicate/clone VM hardware resources

[esxlinux]

Hi All

I need help in this small scenario and i will make it easy so that i don’t confuse anyone with their answers.

I have active VM with specific hardware resources for example – RAM 4GB, 2 x NICs, CPU 1GHZ and hard disk is SAN based with 200GB. I need to copy/duplicate/clone whichever is correct terminology, the exact hardware resources for another 5 x new VMs. The OS doesn’t matter here as it could be Linux or Windows

Thanks for your help

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

If you're using vCenter server, you can simply right click on a VM and select Clone.  I would take it that you're dealing with a stand alon host and you won't have that option in the vSphere client.  So instead you can do this.

1) Shut down the VM

2) Right click on the datastore and select Browse.

3) Make a new folder for a new VM.

4) Copy the vmx and vmdk file from your "template" VM folder to your new VM folder.

5) Right click on the vmx file in the new VM folder and select add to Inventory.

6) Power on the VM and make any changes to the guest OS as required. 

When you power on the VM, you'll get a message asking if the VM has been copied or moved.  Select copied to avoid a MAC address issue.

[durakovicduro83]

Yes if you have vcenter you can clone Vm or just copy from the datastore.

Cheers,

Denis