Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV)

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Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV) {{ breadTitle }} User Manual Virtual Machine Configuration Guidance New virtual Machine Clone VM Full Clone
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Full Clone

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Description

Through full cloning of virtual machines, you can create one or more new virtual machines that are completely consistent with and independent of the original virtual machine.

Precautions

  1. The information of the cloned virtual machine is completely consistent with that of the original virtual machine. The interface of the virtual machine after cloning is not enabled by default. Close the original virtual machine or modify the IP of the cloned virtual machine before enabling the NIC to avoid IP conflict.
  1. The cloned MAC address will change. After the virtual machine of the Linux operating system is cloned, you need to pay attention to configuring the network.
  2. Avoid full cloning of virtual machines during backup.
  3. Shared virtual disks do not support hot cloning.

Prerequisites

Check the platform's running task. Make sure there are no other tasks executing on the source virtual machine.

Steps

  1. On the Compute page, place the mouse over the virtual machine to be cloned and click More > Clone.

  1. Select Full cloning as the clone type, and customize parameters such as virtual machine name, number of virtual machines to be cloned, grouping, ha, datastore, storage policy, running location, etc.