Problem; How to clone VMS by powercli

I am creating clone virtual machine by the cmdlet NEW - VM to my ESXi 4.1 server.

but I got following messages is displayed each time.

[vSphere PowerCLI] C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI > new.
VM - name clone1 - datastore datastore1 VM - testvm1
New - VM: 18/04/2011-14:33:01 the operation of the entity VirtualMachine New - VM

-144A failed with the following message: "the operation is not supported on the object."

I know a server free ESXi has some limitations as follows.

"Note that the free VMware vSphere Hypervisor does not allow any change of configuration through the vCLI."

but powercli also has this limitation.

so, I registered license "vSphere 4 Enterprise Plus" on my ESXi server.

but there is no change. I got the same messages over and over again.

How can I do this? pls help.

Hello

Clone operation is supported only by vCenter Server, so you cannot perform clone vm when it is connected directly to ESX (i).

Kind regards

Yasen

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