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Hope this helps:<br />
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<a href="http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/sql_server_virt_bp.pdf" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/sql_server_virt_bp.pdf</a><br />
<a href="http://keithelder.net/blog/archive/2008/06/30/Setting-Up-Windows-Server-2008-VMWare-Virtual-Machines-For-.Net.aspx" rel="ugc">http://keithelder.net/blog/archive/2008/06/30/Setting-Up-Windows-Server-2008-VMWare-Virtual-Machines-For-.Net.aspx</a>
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Hope this helps:

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/sql_server_virt_bp.pdf [http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/sql_server_virt_bp.pdf]
http://keithelder.net/blog/archive/2008/06/30/Setting-Up-Windows-Server-2008-VMWare-Virtual-Machines-For-.Net.aspx [http://keithelder.net/blog/archive/2008/06/30/Setting-Up-Windows-Server-2008-VMWare-Virtual-Machines-For-.Net.aspx]

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Hi,<br />
<br />
I have a SQL Server Standard 2008 (x64) server on VMWare currently that I'd like to clone in order to create a test/development server. &nbsp;<br />
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I realize that after cloning SQL commands will need to be run to change the server name. &nbsp;However, when I tried cloning the SQL Server services won't load at startup for me to be able to run commands to update the server name. &nbsp;FYI, the Windows OS clone process changed both the computer name and also the SID.<br />
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Anyone have any process tips on how to successfully clone a SQL Server within VMWare?<br />
<br />
Thank you!<br />
Aaron
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Hi,

I have a SQL Server Standard 2008 (x64) server on VMWare currently that I'd like to clone in order to create a test/development server.  

I realize that after cloning SQL commands will need to be run to change the server name.  However, when I tried cloning the SQL Server services won't load at startup for me to be able to run commands to update the server name.  FYI, the Windows OS clone process changed both the computer name and also the SID.

Anyone have any process tips on how to successfully clone a SQL Server within VMWare?

Thank you!
Aaron

Process for cloning a SQL Server in VMWare

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.