How to Clone VMs in ESXi

1. Create a new VM (CLONE2) without a disk equipped.

2. Use of the VM tool to clone the ' disk from the ' existing VM to the new VM. Usually, you can find all of the VMs in the/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/.

Vmkfstools-i/vmfs/volumes/4c3b50b8-d57dc2fc-d2b7-00241d1852fa/test_wjh/test_wjh.vmdk/vmfs/volumes/ 4c3b50b8-d57dc2fc-d2b7-00241d1852fa/clone2/disk1.vmdk

3. On the client add the cloned disk to the VM clone2

"Edit Settings ...-> harware-> add" hard disk "->" using existing Virtual disk "-> find the" DISK1.VMDK "and C Hoose it.

4. Power on the VM.

[Warning]: You must shutdown the VM which your want to clone. The cloned VM is identical to the original one and including the Physical Address (MAC) of the network card, the network confi Guration and so on. So, please change such config after clone.