Cloning physical servers and virtual machines

Use the following steps to clone a physical server:

1. Start the Planning Center page for VMware.
2. Go to the Edit Current Environment page.
3. On the menu, click Actions > Clone Physical Servers (Figure 1).
   Figure 1. Edit VMware Current Environment page

   
   The Clone Physical Servers window is displayed (Figure 2).
   Figure 2. Clone Physical Servers window

   
4. Move the physical servers from the Available Physical Servers list to the Selected Physical Servers list (Figure 2).
5. Click Next. The second pane of the Clone Physical Servers window is displayed (Figure 3).
   Figure 3. Clone Physical Servers second page

   
6. In the Number of Instances field, select a value.
   • The number indicates the number of clone entries for the physical servers that you want to create.
   • The default value is 1.
7. In the Clone Name Prefix field, enter a value.
   • Each clone entry is prefixed with the string value provided in this field and with a unique time stamp value.
   • The default value is Clone_PHYSICAL_SERVER_NAME.
8. Select the Copy Server Tags check box to enable the tags.
   • If enabled, all tags for the selected physical server are copied to clone entries.
   • By default, this check box is selected.
9. Click Clone.

1. Start the Planning Center page for VMware.
2. Go to the Edit Current Environment page.
3. Click Views > Inventory > Virtual Machines (Figure 4).
   Figure 4. Edit VMware Current Environment page for virtual machines

   
4. Click Actions > Clone Virtual Machines (Figure 5).
   Figure 5. Edit VMware Current Environment Actions tab

   
   The Clone Virtual Machines window is displayed (Figure 6).
   Figure 6. Clone Virtual Machines window

   
5. Move the virtual machine from the Available Virtual Machines list to the Selected Virtual Machine list.
6. Click Next. The second pane of the Clone Virtual Machines window is displayed (Figure 7).
   Figure 7. Clone Virtual Machines second page

   
7. In the Number of Instances field, select a value.
   • The number indicates the number of clone entries for the selected virtual machine that you want to create.
   • The default value is 1.
8. In the Clone Name Prefix field, select a value.
   • Each clone entry is prefixed with the string value that is provided in this field and with a unique time stamp value.
   • The default value is Clone_VIRTUAL_MACHINE.
9. Select the Copy Server Tags check box to enable the tags.
   • If enabled, all tags for the selected physical servers are copied to clone entries.
   • By default, this check box is selected.
10. In the Physical Server Name field, select a physical server.
    • By default, the physical server that is displayed is the one to which the selected virtual machine is pointing.
    • All physical servers that are in the working set are populated in the Physical Server Name field.
11. Select the Copy Sizing Data check box to enable the copying of sizing data.
    • If enabled, sizing data values for selected virtual machines are copied to clone entries.
    • By default, this check box is selected.
    • Special Case: The Copy Sizing Data check box is selected, and the selected virtual machine is a discovered virtual machine with no sizing data values. The following are the sizing data values for the CPU Usage [MHz] and Memory Usage [MB] columns in the Virtual Machines Utilization view from the virtual machine inventory view:
      • The value for CPU Usage [MHz] is Minimum CPU [MHz]
      • The value for Memory Usage [MB] is Minimum Memory [MB]
12. Click Clone.