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Clone vmware vm on Infrastructure client using command line
Hi,
We have VMWare infrastructure client installed on Windows 2003. Within we have two VM storages which are two other machines.
Is there a way to clone a machine from one storage to the other storage?
Without turning off the source VM?
Able to overwrite or pre-delete the target VM?
Done via command line or something similar? (my background is .net programmer). I don't know perl or unix.
This is for disaster recovery.
I am not an expert on the setup but if you have any questions, i will answer or ask someone else that may know.
thank you.
We have VMWare infrastructure client installed on Windows 2003. Within we have two VM storages which are two other machines.
Is there a way to clone a machine from one storage to the other storage?
Without turning off the source VM?
Able to overwrite or pre-delete the target VM?
Done via command line or something similar? (my background is .net programmer). I don't know perl or unix.
This is for disaster recovery.
I am not an expert on the setup but if you have any questions, i will answer or ask someone else that may know.
thank you.
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Very True Mike! Licensing is always a kill joy =)
Worst case he could connect directly to the vm hosts with the vi client if the vcms server died but then again he may want true command line scripts for some of the DR tasks. Some like the gui others more comfortable with Linux like the console. Although I hear the console is being taken from us in version 4... that should make it interesting.
Good Luck,
3Nerds
Worst case he could connect directly to the vm hosts with the vi client if the vcms server died but then again he may want true command line scripts for some of the DR tasks. Some like the gui others more comfortable with Linux like the console. Although I hear the console is being taken from us in version 4... that should make it interesting.
Good Luck,
3Nerds
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hello and thank you all for your comments, most excellent posts and discussion while i was alseep in Aussie land.
I used the scheduled task method and it worked except that it does not ovewrite if the VM already exists. I did not see a way to do the delete.
During the above testing, the network team decided not to go the way of the clone! So sorry I could not verify if any of your comments are the solution. I will add this post to my knowledge base if the requirement comes up again.
So I have decided to award points equally.
cheers,
I used the scheduled task method and it worked except that it does not ovewrite if the VM already exists. I did not see a way to do the delete.
During the above testing, the network team decided not to go the way of the clone! So sorry I could not verify if any of your comments are the solution. I will add this post to my knowledge base if the requirement comes up again.
So I have decided to award points equally.
cheers,
very nice idea! I am only not sure if he will be able to do it regarding to which licensed options he has and if these options are depending from license....