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 Linked Clone
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Linked Clone

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Description

Through virtual machine link cloning, you can create one or more new virtual machines that are completely consistent with and independent of the original virtual machine. This mode has 1. Fast virtual machine startup. 2. 2. Data is not independent, saving storage space. 3. 3. After cloning, the performance will still be affected. It is recommended to use it in insensitive performance scenarios such as function development and testing.

Precautions

N/A

Prerequisites

The datastores of the source virtual machine and the new virtual machine must be virtual storage.

Steps

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

  1. Select Linked Clone as the clone type, and customize parameters such as virtual machine Name, Number of Clones, Group, HA, Datastore, Storage Policy, Run Location, etc.