Re-cloning a full clone

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• Linked clone saves space as comapred to the full clones

  I read somewhere that linked clone in VMware View lets you save 90% of storage compared to full clone.

  Could someone help me to explain how linked clones created using VMware view lets you save 90% of storage compared to full clones?

  Also there is a difference between a cloned VM from vcenter for VDI full clone created using VMware View?

  Delta-disk is not 40 GB, it starts with a few hundred MB:s and will increase when it is used for a maximum of 40 GB.

  It may present as its 40 GB when looked at in the vSphere Client, but if you look at the actual file you can see that its much smaller.

  Linjo

• Workstation 8; cannot resize the disk on the full clone

  I have a related clone I want to create a complete clone so that I can expand the virtual hard disk.  But after I created the full clone and try to use the indicator Workstation 8 utility I have an error message: "You can't develop this virtual disk because it is a linked clone."  I tried this three times, with great attention the last two times to read all dialog boxes to make sure I'm not a mistake, but the same error comes back every time.

  Here are the steps I go through:

  (1) turn off the linked clone

  (2) delete all snapshots for the linked clone

  (3) file-> open-> choose the clone of linke

  (4) VM-> manage-> Clone - to pen the Clone Virtual Machine Wizard. in the wizard:

  (5) "The current state of the virtual machine" pick (I tried as long as and create a snapshot and try to clone from that)

  (6) select "CREATE FULL CLONE' (not ' create a linked clone)

  (7) name the new complete cloned machine, and then click on finish

  After about 10-15 minutes, I get a message indicates the complete clone is finished.  I then close VMware, open it back up, open the new full clone that I created and select chose to: edit virtual machine settings-> tab-> click on the hard drive to extend hardware-> utilities-> Expand.  The error box I mentioned above pop and 8 workstations does not indicator the hard drive.and error as described above.

  Am I missing something here?

  If you can confirm the virtual disk of the new virtual machine is not a Flash disk (i.e. with 00000x.vmdk in its name) and the vmware.log file (created after you turn on the virtual machine) shows not all other hard files, you can check if the .vmsd of the virtual machine file contains incorrect entries. Essentially - after making sure that no other hard files are used - you could just delete the .vmsd file.

  André

• Problem automated creation of the pools (linked clone or full clone)

  Hi all!

  Two or three weeks ago I started to experience a very strange error in my environment. (vCenter and vSphere Horizon are version 6.x)

  At the point where I'm trying to create a pool automated , using of linked clone or a full clone, the following error is displayed as follows:

  «The selected snapshot is hardware version 7.» Only ESX 4.0 hosts or homogenous groups of hosts running ESX 4.0 can be selected. »

  
  

  I know that there is a KB ( ) 1028489) reported this error, but it is applied to view 4.X and I'm running the version 6

  
  

  I first thought it was on an old parent VMs and instant, so I created all parents of virtual machines and snapshot material the most recent help of virtual machine. But the error still there.

  
  

  Is there any type of troubleshooting for this problem?

  
  

  Ideas are very much aprecciated.
  

  
  

  Thank you.

  
  

  Best,

  Eduardo.
  

  
  

  
  

  Solved!

  Permissions. In fact, the role attributed to view user.

  Best.

  Thank you

  Eduardo.

• See 5 full Clone dedicated - cannot designate OR AD

  When you create a new pool of dedicated full clones, we are unable to specify the unit of ORGANIZATION AD to place computers newly commissioned.  By default, only they are placed in the OU = computers container.  The deployment of linked clones, you can specify the ORGANIZATIONAL unit tab customization.  However, this option is not available when configuring your desktop full clone.

  Does anyone have an aronds work for this?  Are there other options to achieve this by using SYSPREP?  If so, any suggestions would be appreciated.

  Very old thread that can be useful, http://communities.vmware.com/message/959184#959184.   It deals with the use of DSMOVE.exe to select an ORGANIZATIONAL unit of the machine.

• Ban full clones and delete options colsolidate

  Hi, can someone tell me if it is possible to remove the "Full Clone" option when you create a virtual machine? In addition, the ability to consolidate also is removable? I have verified that the roles and rights of the options, but couldn't find anything that's appropriate.

  To save space, I want to force users to use the only related clones.

  Thank you

  Enter in the roles and rights, select the Group of users who are currently allow you to do a lot of clone and consolidate, click Properties, select naming high IO and uncheck consolidate and full Clone

• W2K8R2 full Clone Desktop Pool status is stuck on "customization".

  I searched and read the other posts that I could find on this before posting.  I also read all the articles that I could find.

  Working through the Guide of the assessor to see Horizon 6 (http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/view/VMware-View-Evaluators-Guide.pdf), I'm running into issues trying to deploy an office pool complete with cloning (p. 129).  Initially, I had a problem similar w / Linked-Clone desktop pool, until what I came across 1026556 KB.  The status of the error in the end.  Once I changed the registry licensing of Skip, those created very well.  However, I don't see this "reg" on the W2K8R2 machine key.  I tried the two w / out recording a valid key in the profile customization specification (used a MAK license when I used a key).

  VM clones / creates the customization occurs very well, and VM joined the field very well.  Starting the Service agent and stays running and I can telnet to the Horizon View Composer server on 4001 of the virtual machine.  I can even turn the machine to myself and begin to make a Direct Connect (the plug-in is installed), but I get the message that I don't have right.  I'm also not see something remarkable in the newspapers.  Think of the re-installation of the Agent and try for the fourth time.

  Appreciate any suggestions.

  SOLVED... (my bad)

  Has decided to attempt to create a pool of MANUAL and added this 'machine' to this pool.  STATUS view Console kept showing as "pending on the Agent.

  Tried to uninstall and reinstall everything then noticed I had inadvertently used a clone of another virtual machine which had the RDS role is installed.  Uninstalled all the components of the view, then the role of RDS.  Re-installed Agent of the view and everything works perfectly.

• AppStack converts full Clone somewhat "non-persistent".

  Hey guys,.

  We have a strange problem when using appstacks on our complete clones. When an AppStack is fixed (not accessible volume writable!) everything is reset after a reboot. All the files that I saved locally in a session went after a reboot...

  It s as I mapped an accessible volume in writing and he did not in place after a restart.

  The problem exists with all AppStack.

  See the horizon Version is 6.2

  AppVolumes version is 2.9

  I hope that you have an idea!

  Kind regards

  eyesonly

  App Volumes when used in a persistent environment will not be persistent user changes after a logoff or reboot. This is normal in Volumes App 2.x versions. If a persistent environment is desired in conjunction with Volumes of the App requirements must be met.

  Support to the persistent endpoints (physical or virtual) is only given under the following constraints:

  o instead of volumes Constant network connection is necessary.

  o updated Automatic for any process level system or applications (Windows Update, Office Updater) should be disabled.

  o updated the operating system should be planned with the agent App Volumes disabled or arrested and executed as a user without allocation of volume.

  To stop the service:

  Net stop svservice

  Net stop svdriver

  Perform updates

  Restart endpoint

  If the deactivation of the service:

  Departure of sc config svservice = disabled

  Reset

  Perform updates

  Sc config svservice = auto start

  For the user "tricks" add an accessible Volume writable

• No output in Onyx2 during the deployment of a clone using the commissioning of NetApp & cloning - create a quick Clone in vSphere 4.1

  I am recording the Onyx2 PowerCLI 4.1 vSphere client format output. I'm trying to run a NetApp Flexclone of deployment using the commissioning of NetApp & cloning - create quick "clone" from the context menu.

  As I went through the wizard Flexclone, all right, but when I finished the wizard vSphere watch clone task works, but there is no output in the window of Onyx 2.0.

  Is it possible to capture this information in Onyx, I need to automate / schedule a task to do this on a daily basis.

  Any help is appreciated.

  Kind regards

  Scott.

  Onyx allows you to capture the API public vSPhere.

  This rapidclone use vSphere public API?

  This feature is not expected in the NetApp PowerShell module?

• What is the difference between the model and its clone in VMware?

  What is the difference between the model and its clone in VMware?

  Clone

  A clone is a copy of the virtual machine.

  You can't convert back the cloned Virtual Machine.

  A Clone of a Virtual Machine can be created when the Virtual Machine is running

  Cloning can be done in two ways: Clone full and linked Clone.

  A full clone is an independent copy of a virtual machine that shares nothing with the parent virtual machine after the cloning operation. Continuous operation of a full clone is entirely separate from the parent virtual machine.

  A linked clone is a copy of a virtual machine that shares virtual disks with the virtual machine of parent on a regular basis. This preserves disk space and allows multiple virtual machines to use the same software installation.

  Cloning of a virtual machine can save time if you are deploying several similar virtual machines. You can create, configure, install the software on a single VM and then clone several times, rather than the creation and configuration of each virtual machine individually.

  Model

  A model is an original copy or a reference image of a virtual machine that can be used to create many clones.

  Models can be turned on or edited and are harder to change than usual of virtual machine.

  You can convert the model to the Virtual Machine update model base with the latest released patches and updates and to install or upgrade any software and still convert to template to use for the future deployment of Virtual Machines with the latest patches.

  Convert virtual machine model cannot be performed, when the virtual machine is running.  Only the Clone to the model can be performed when the Virtual Machine is running.

  A model offers a safer way to preserve a virtual machine configuration that you want to deploy several times.

  When you clone a virtual machine or deploy a virtual machine from a template, the cloned virtual machine resulting is independent of the virtual machine or the original model.

• Workstation 10 - replicated in cloned VMs IP addresses

  Hi all

  I have problems with the use in bridge network on Workstation10. I installed a VM (by implementing Bridged networking) with ESXi 5.5 inside the workstation. It came with success and the virtual machine got the IP address. I, then, is a clone of the virtual and powered machine on the real comments and the clone and the cloned VM got the same IP address as the parent VM (it was a full clone).

  Can someone please help me this cela?

  Found the solution here:

  virtuallyGhetto: how to clone a VM of ESXi nested correctly?

  https://communities.VMware.com/people/jmattson/blog/2012/05/11/copying-ESXi-VMS--unique-management-interface-MAC-addresses

• Configuration of NIC in the cloned VM

  With the help of Workstation 8.0.1 build-528992, I created a basic Linux 6.2 CentOS VM guest in network bridge. This setting is configured as my model VM I use to create virtual machines other, specialized.

  I then cloned this virtual machine as a full clone, without link. Before you start the virtual machine, I clicked on the network card. Advanced... button and generated a new MAC address.

  After starting the virtual machine cloned, I ran ifconfig and got this:

  eth2 encap HWaddr 00:50:56:26:0 A Link: 3F
  INET addr:192.168.2.118 Bcast:192.168.2.255 mask: 255.255.255.0
  ADR inet6: fe80::250:56ff:fe26:a3f / 64 Scope: link
  RUNNING BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 metric: 1
  Fall of RX packets: 423 errors: 0:0 overruns: 0 frame: 0
  Dropped packets: 112 TX errors: 0:0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0
  collisions: 0 txqueuelen:1000
  RX bytes: 54736 (53.4 KiB) TX bytes: 11955 (11,6 KiB)

  Lo encap:Local Loopback link
  INET addr:127.0.0.1 mask: 255.0.0.0
  ADR inet6:: 1/128 Scope: host
  RACE of LOOPING 16436 Metric: 1
  Fall of RX packets: 18 errors: 0:0 overruns: 0 frame: 0
  Dropped TX packets: 18 errors: 0:0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0
  collisions: 0 txqueuelen:1000
  RX bytes: 1548 (1.5 KiB) TX bytes: 1548 (1.5 KiB)

  The eth2 listen to me, so run this: ls/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices. He told me that I have a NETWORK card device, ifcfg-eth0.

  Then, I ran system-config-network and chose the Configuration of the device. Again, it has reported only eth0 was available.

  Recalling that I saw before eth2, I thought that perhaps that eth0 has not been started. So I issued a command ifconfig eth0 up . It reported unknown interface: no such device.

  So my questions are:

  (1) where did he eth2?

  (2) where eth0 is?

  (3) how can I fix this so that the one and only one NIC is eth0?

  Thank you.

  --

  Jack

  It is in fact the re-creation of the MAC address, which is regarded as a new NETWORK card, and therefore a new interface.

  You can either edit the file and remove the external devices, or you should also be able to remove this file completely (to move somewhere else to play it safe) and restart.

  -KjB

• Questions zu cloned VMs

  Hallo,

  ICH möchte some critical Arbeitsprozesse in VM der ausuhren und as distinct Einsatzgebiete, eine VM benefits Friday. VMware offers the opportunity, eine VM clones zu ja. ICH habe nun ein fisch installiertes system Steve geklont, dabei aber nur eine Referenz (linked clone) zur urprunglichen VM is (also kein "full clone"). Somit spare ich zwar free, aber dies ebenfalls sicher ist?

  ICH am nur auf den cloned VMs und auf einer VM nistet sich eine Schadsoftware ein angenommen, Hat die Auswirkkungen auf die other VMs? Darf nicht breast dies, da ich eine VM zum banking nutze und sharp VM muss sicher/sauber stay.

  Wie looks are dann mit aus updated systems? Muss ich nur die auf den aktuellsten Stand halten, oder auch jede geklonte VM?

  I hope someone can help yesterday.

  Gruss,

  Neon

  P. S.

  Gegenwartige Grund kann ich aus yesterday im Textfeld das character 'f' nicht schreiben. Are capitalized geht, aber nicht kleingeschrieben. ICH habe're daher will kopiert und immer mit Strg + V eingefuht, was sehr nervig war

  System: Win7 x 64 SP1 + Opera 11.11

  Willkommen im VMTN!

  Jeder Gast ist eine Instanz own. Der Klon als auch die Originalmaschine. Found Satz will sich in der Hilfe:

  • Changes to a clone do not affect the parent virtual machine. Changes to parent virtual machine do not appear in a clone.

  Dies geschieht, dadurch, dass den ein clone as snapshot der virtuellen Originalmaschine der Platte wird und das auch Original as erstell. Alle Lavaggio beider Maschinen laufen somit Die Snapshotdateien und das Basisimage unberuhrt bleibt. Es wird nur noch communications.

  AWo

• Adapter network and cloning

  I am running VMWare Workstation 7.1.3 on a Fedora Core 14 crowd. I created a Virtual Machine and installed Fedora Core 11 on it. I configured this machine with all the features of internal specific sysadmin, I need. Then I want to use it as a base and make clones of this virtiual machine as necessary. I have it configured to use the network bridge.

  Seems when I clone, using the no linked full clone clone, this Fedora Core 11 guest OS of the cloned machine VM see a device eth2 and no device eth0, although the original machine that the clone was made of sees an eth0 device. Note that this is the second clone that I did of this host of the base. I think that the first clone created a device to eth1, but I got confused and just created a second and deleted the first clone. It seems that each clone that I do the base increases the eth? that the cloned virtual machine sees.

  This causes some confusion with WIndows Network Manager based for Fedora. When I click on the graphical interface, network sysadmin tool it shows eth0 to inactive on the devices page, but no eth2-based. When I look at the Hardware page it shows a device eth2 but no eth0 device. It is therefore impossible to use network GUI tool to manage the ethernet. I can't assign a static device eth2 IP address since it does not show in the peripheral page and I can't activate the eth0 device because it doesn't have the equipment.

  An ifconfig shows a device eth2 but no eth0 device.

  What exactly is happening here on how the eth devices are assigned when clones?

  Is there a way to get the clones use a < cnt > eth device rather than device eth0?

  I would fix this upward in the VM rather than in the guest operating system Fedora because I want to delete and regularly make clones of this VM basis and not want to still be mucking with the eth? value.

  Thank you

  Chris Kottaridis

  Is there a way to get the clones use an EPF instead of the device eth0 device?

  Before you shut down the virtual machine clone, run the following command as root in a Terminal in the virtual machine.

  rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
  

• EBS 12.1.3: a few questions about cloning

  Hello
  
  We have EBS 12.1.3 on AIX 7.1.
  
  A few questions about the cloning of level shared environment of application layer non-shared application environment. We followed 'Cloning Oracle Applications V12 with rapid Clone [ID 406982.1]'
  
  Environment (shared application layer) source:
  -Two nodes in the active application and LBS
  -A database of active and a passive database configuration with Oracle Data Guard.
  -Terminate SSL at the load balancer
  -Updated CFP implementation
  
  Environment target (level app not shared):
  -A single node of the application active
  -One data node active
  -Without SSL
  -No PCP
  
  After the cloning was completed, we noticed the following problems in the target system:
  
  (1) home page is not available because application $CONTEXT_FILE layer always contains the endpoint "https" and ssl settings.
  
  Workaround solution:
  
  Change (with text editor) layer Application $CONTEXT_FILE as follows.
  < webentryurlprotocol oa_var = "s_webentryurlprotocol" custom = "yes" > http < / webentryurlprotocol >
  < sslterminator oa_var = "s_enable_sslterminator" > # < / sslterminator >
  < login_page = "s_login_page" custom = 'yes' oa_var > http://myhost.mydomain.com:8000/OA_HTML/AppsLogin < / login_page >
  < externURL oa_var = "s_external_url" custom = "yes" > http://myhost.mydomain.com:8000 < / externURL >
  
  Run the automatic configuration service and application layer.
  
  Is there a better solution and supported for this?
  
  (2) simultaneous managers do not work properly, because they still have old names of node (used in the CFP in the source system). The solution is used:
  
  1. connect to the EBS GUI web and delete all nodes of all concurrent managers.
  2 shutdown application layer. Check that all concurrent managers have been extinguished. If not, kill the process manually
  3. as a user apps run cmclean.sql
  4 restart the application layer
  
  Is there a better solution for this?
  
  (3) database ARCHIVELOG mode nonarchivelog mode changes in the target system. Is anyway to prevent this?
  
  (4) in addition, we would like to make a full clone (app + db levels) of production without closing the application. Is this possible? What would be the best documents to describe it? In Production, we have Oracle Data Guard physical standby installation as per "Note technique Oracle: Business Continuity for Oracle E-Business release 12 Using Oracle 11g Physical Standby Database [1070033.1 ID]. This can be used when executing a clone of warm for the database, right? What application layer? The steps in 406982.1 include AutoConfig in what application level should be running down. Must the application be broken when running "to maintain the Snapshot information?"
  
  (5) one last question (not related to cloning). Oracle Enterprise Manager console webUI has recently stopped working in IE8. For example, https://myhost.mydomain.com:5501 / em gives "cannot display the Page. It was working properly last week. In Firefox, the same link works fine. Any ideas how to solve this problem?
  
  Thanks for your replies in advance.
  
  BR,
  TH

  (1) home page is not available because application $CONTEXT_FILE layer always contains the endpoint "https" and ssl settings.

  Workaround solution:

  Change (with text editor) layer Application $CONTEXT_FILE as follows.
  http
  #
  http://myhost.mydomain.com:8000/OA_HTML/AppsLogin
  http://myhost.mydomain.com:8000

  Run the automatic configuration service and application layer.

  Is there a better solution and supported for this?

  No, you must modify the context manually and run the automatic configuration.

  (2) simultaneous managers do not work properly, because they still have old names of node (used in the CFP in the source system). The solution is used:

  1. connect to the EBS GUI web and delete all nodes of all concurrent managers.
  2 shutdown application layer. Check that all concurrent managers have been extinguished. If not, kill the process manually
  3. as a user apps run cmclean.sql
  4 restart the application layer

  Is there a better solution for this?

  You follow the best approach. You could update the details of the server node if you wish.

  (3) database ARCHIVELOG mode nonarchivelog mode changes in the target system. Is anyway to prevent this?

  By default, the quick Clone will create the target in noarchivelog mode database.

  (4) in addition, we would like to make a full clone (app + db levels) of production without closing the application. Is this possible? What would be the best documents to describe it? In Production, we have Oracle Data Guard physical standby installation as per "Note technique Oracle: Business Continuity for Oracle E-Business release 12 Using Oracle 11g Physical Standby Database [1070033.1 ID]. This can be used when executing a clone of warm for the database, right?

  Fix.

  What application layer? The steps in 406982.1 include AutoConfig in what application level should be running down. Must the application be broken when running "to maintain the Snapshot information?"

  You can copy the files from the application tier node, while demand is rising. And, there is no need to stop the application to run "to maintain the Snapshot information."

  (5) one last question (not related to cloning). Oracle Enterprise Manager console webUI has recently stopped working in IE8. For example, https://myhost.mydomain.com:5501 / em gives "cannot display the Page. It was working properly last week. In Firefox, the same link works fine. Any ideas how to solve this problem?

  If it works from a browser, then it should not be a problem of EM. Have you tried another client and see if it works? Have you changed a setting in your Internet Explorer browser? Please make sure you add the URL of the EM to the list of trusted sites.

  Thank you
  Hussein