Copy Virtual Machines on VMWare Server 2
May 12th, 2009 by Charles Gardner
This is a simple note to capture process.
- On the VMWare server, copy the guest’s directory to a new name.
- cp -ax /vm/srv1 /vm/srv2
- Rename the vmdk disk image
- cd /vm/srv2
- vmware-vdiskmanager -n srv1.vmdk srv2.vmdk
- Rename the other files
- mv srv1.* srv2.*
- Open the VM configuration and change the names there
- vi srv2.vmx
- :%s/srv1/srv2/
- In the VMWare host’s web console, use the Add Virtual Machine to Inventory to add the new VM.