IBM System Storage N series with VMware vSphere 5

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N series cloning

This chapter provides information about the best ways to use N series cloning technologies with VMware vSphere 5.1. It includes the following topics:

•VMware and N series cloning technologies

•Cloning guests within a datastore

•Cloning an entire datastore

•Cloning VMware ESXi servers

8.1 VMware and N series cloning technologies

Cloning virtual machines is a feature available with VMware for years. Cloning consists in copying all the files containing in a VM. These files are virtual disks (.vmdk), configuration files (.vmx), BIOS ...

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