Cloning an ESXi machine without vCenter using the web application
This video demonstrates how to clone a virtual machine on ESXi without vCenter.
With vCenter, and provided you use the vCenter interface, you simply right-click on the machine you want to clone. However, without vCenter, or using the personal version, the process is different but no more complicated.
Don't worry, even when connected to the ESXi server with VMware Workstation, you won't be able to do it any better using it!
Timecode:
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Overview
03:09 Principles / Prerequisites
06:19 Cloning a machine to different storage
09:55 Saving/Renaming the machine
13:24 Cloning a machine to the same storage
16:29 But where's the problem? (VM on remote disk or internal)
18:15 Solving the problem (shown visually in a future video...)
19:00 Using machines as templates