Workstation User’s Manual
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CloneavirtualmachinefromanexistingVMwarevirtualmachineorvirtual
machinetemplate.
Clonesareusefulwhenyoumustdeploymanyidenticalvirtualmachinestoa
group.Cloningispreferabletocopyingavirtualmachinebecauseaclone’sMAC
addressandUUIDaredifferentfromtheoriginalvirtualmachine,toav
oid
networkconfl
icts.UsetheCloneVirtualMachinewizardtocreateaclone.
See“CloningaVirtualMachine”onpage 219.
OnWindowshosts,convertaphysicalmachine,virtualmachine,orsystemimage
thatwascreatedbyusinganotherVMwareproductorathird‐partyproduct.
Thisprocesscreatesacloneoftheoriginalvirtualmachineorsystemimage.Use
theConversionwizardtoconvertaphysicalorvirtualmachineorasystemim
age.
SeeChapte
r 6,“CreatingaVirtualMachinefromaSystemImageorAnother
VirtualMachine,”onpage 133.
Configuration Options for the New Virtual Machine
Wizard
AsyoucompletetheNewVirtualMachinewizard,youarepromptedtomake
decisionsaboutmanyaspectsofthevirtualmachine.Thetopicsinthissectionprovide
informationabouttheissuesinvolvedsothatyoucandeterminewhichchoicesyou
wanttomakebeforerunningthewizard.
Easy Install Feature for Some Guest Operating Systems
Theeasyinstallfeaturesenableyoutoperformanunattendedinstallationoftheguest
operatingsystemafteryoucompletetheNewVirtualMachinewizard.Youcanusethis
featureregardlessofwhetheryouchooseatypicaloracustomconfigurationinthe
wizard.
OnWindowsguests,theeasyinstallfeatureisavailableforthefoll
owingop
erating
systems:
WindowsVista,Windows7,WindowsXP,andWindows2000
WindowsServer 2008,WindowsServer2003,andWindows2000Server
OnLinuxguests,theeasyinstallfeatureisavailableforthefollowingoperating
systems:
Ubuntu7.10andlater
RedHatEnterpriseLinux3through5
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