Linked Clone
Linked Clone pre-requisites
Linked Clone
Linked Clone is an optional setting which can be set by admin in a VM Template. The list of pre-requisites of linked clone are listed below
Pre-Requisites
vCenter 6.7
VMware PowerCLI version 12.0.0.0 - To be installed on the RP server(s)
Directory structure
A new directory needs to be created on the first level directory on the datacenter in vCenter server.
Create a new VM with the required software's and configurations.
You can drag and drop the VMs in to the new directory if you have already created a VM in a different folder in the vCenter server
Create a snapshot of the VM
Once a VM is created, a snapshot of the VM should be created
Once a snapshot is created, any new changes made on the parent vm will not reflect on the cloned VM. To reflect the changes, a new snapshot has to be created and updated in Hybr's VM Template
Hybr Mapping for Linked Clone
Hybr uses VM Template to provision VMs. To enable Linked Clone, Admin should set the linked clone properties in Hybr VM Template.
Parameters include:
Parent VM Name
Parent VM Folder Name
Parent VM's snapshot name
It is recommend to maintain an excel sheet with the list of all Hybr VM Templates and it's Linked Clone mapping parameters. This will come handy as a reference when there are a lot of templates.
For all existing templates, CLI shall be used to update the templates with the Linked Clone parameters.
Parent VM Requirements
In Parent VM – (One time Process)
Enabled Administrator User Set password for the Administrator
User UAC we brought down
Shut down the parent VM
Snapshot to be taken on the Parent VM
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