Best practices for cloning a VM ESXi

Hello

I'm looking for the best method of cloning a VM ESXi without causing conflict of IP addresses. I thought that I could follow the steps listed in this article (http://geektank.net/2009/02/howto-clone-a-virtual-machine-on-vmwares-free-esxi/) and before starting the virtual computer, change network settings to point to a vSwitch which has no method of connection to another part of the network. Then I could enter the virtual machine, change the IP address and hostname, and then reconfigure the vSwitch to be connected outside. I should Sysprep the computer that I'm cloning or not?

I'm on the right track, or is there another way to do this?

Thank you

You'll want to sysprep the computer to generate a new SID.  I'm generally a vSwitch on my stand-alone hosts which is a "deployment" vSwitch.  There is no natachasery attached to it and so unable to go anywhere.  This will allow the power on and change of the IP address that you stated.  You want to also make sure that you have a different MAC address for the virtual machine that this can cause problems network of course.

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