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Vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/m2sata/merrikh/merrikh.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/m2sata/nahid/nahid.vmdk -d thin Copy virtual drive (if no snapshots taken) cd /vmfs/volumes/m2sata You need to have root access to the system to go through these steps. Here we want to clone merrikh virtual machine to new one named nahid. I use putty (or MTPuTTY to be more specific) from my windows machine. login to the ESXi host on a ssh connection and follow steps below. All you need to have is a ssh connection to the ESXi host machine. So we go with the option that doesn’t need any extra tool.
#CLONE VM ESXI 6.5 TO ANOTHER HOST SOFTWARE#
I usually try to avoid adding another software to my already heavy machine if at all possible. Most of them involve installing some sort of extra software on your client machine. But not so easy when using vSphere to connect to ESXi 6.0, the free version of the VMware.įortunately there are few options and workarounds that you can take. If you lucky enough to have a paid version of VMware, cloning and back up is as easy as a right-click and select the copy button. and leave it somewhere safe and re-use it for next server installation. and set-up my user accounts, groups, firewall and ip address preferences as well as personalised environment configuration for bash and vim etc. Whenever you need a new system you can use this pre-configured system and not starting from scratch. This is especially useful to create a base operating system with minimal requirements and environment personal customisation and then save the virtual disk for future use. Here I will go through the steps to clone a virtual machine in ESXi 6.