Hello,
I'm trying to run the vGhettoLinkedClone.pl script and keep getting this error:
" Operation is not supported by the current agent "
I am trying this from a remote linux machine (not on the same server as the one I'm trying to clone)
I've installed the Perl SDK for VMWare - no errors there.
Trying to Clone VM: testvm (names changed to protect the innocent)
Snapshot name: PreInst_Snap_Before_lc (XP Pro)
Below is my command line entry for vGhettoLinkedClone.pl running from a remote linux machine:
./vGhettoLinkedClone.pl --server --username root --vmhost .localdomain --vmname testvm --vmname_destination "testvm-01" --snapname PreInst_Snap_Before_lc
(obviously on my server I used the server ip and server's hostname rather than and , etc. values above were taken out for privacy reasons.
So I get the error:
" Operation is not supported by the current agent "
After i hit enter on that command above, and after I enter my password. So it's getting TO the server, just not playing nice with it.
Besides a resolution to this error above, I'd like to be able to do linked clones in a range. We may want 3 of these linked clones, so it would be nice to tell it to start with testvm-01 and end with testvm-03
I believe this was possible with an older version of GhettoLinkedClone but not sure how to do it with this one (or at all).
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
The script code again, this time without formatting:
./vGhettoLinkedClone.pl --server (using server IP) --username root --vmhost (server.localdomain) --vmname testvm --vmname_destination "testvm-01" --snapname PreInst_Snap_Before_lc
Cloning is a functionality of vCenter, you need to run this against a vCenter 4.0 instance.
http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/vGhettoLinkedClone.html
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William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009
VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at:
VMware Code Central - Scripts/Sample code for Developers and Administrators
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