If you select the PMem mode, all virtual disks are stored on the host-local PMem datastore.

If you select the Standard mode, all virtual disks are stored on a standard datastore.

Select the type of storage for the template by clicking the Standard, the PMem, or the Hybrid radio button.

OptionĬlone a virtual machine that has vPMem hard disks

On the Select storage page, select the datastore or datastore cluster in which to store the template configuration files and all virtual disks.

For details about this and other customization requirements, see Guest Operating System Customization Requirements.Ĭompatibility pane shows the result from the compatibility checks. Sysprep Tool is built into the Windows Vista and Windows 2008 and later operating systems.

To access customization options for Windows guest operating systems, Microsoft Sysprep tools must be installed on the vCenter Server system.

Otherwise, all hard disks of the destination virtual machine will use the storage policy and datastore selected for the configuration files of the source virtual machine.

If the virtual machine that you clone does not have an NVDIMM device, but has virtual PMem hard disks, the destination host or cluster must have an available PMem resource.

Otherwise, you cannot proceed with the task

If the virtual machine that you clone has an NVDIMM device and virtual PMem hard disks, the destination host or cluster must have an available PMem resource.

Read customization specifications on the root vCenter Server if you are customizing the guest operating system. Customize on the virtual machine or virtual machine folder if you are customizing the guest operating system. Assign network on the network to which you assign the virtual machine. Allocate space on the destination datastore or datastore folder. Assign virtual machine to resource pool on the destination host, cluster, or resource pool. Add new disk on the data center or virtual machine folder. Create from existing on the data center or virtual machine folder. Clone virtual machine on the virtual machine you are cloning. You must have the following privileges to clone a virtual machine: If a load generator is running in the virtual machine, before you perform the clone operation, you must stop the load generator.

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