How to properly clone a Nested ESXi VM? - WilliamLam.com
williamlam.com › 2013 › 12Dec 06, 2013 · To properly clone an existing Nested ESXi VM, you will need to perform the following two operations within the Nested ESXi VM prior to cloning. First Configuration - There is an advanced ESXi setting called FollowHardwareMac that will automatically update the VMkernel's MAC Address whenever the Virtual Machine's virtual network adapter MAC ...
How to VMFork aka Instant Clone Nested ESXi?
williamlam.com › 2015 › 08Aug 03, 2015 · Step 1 - Download and install both PowerCLI 6.0 Release 1 & Instant Clone PowerCLI Extensions Fling. Step 2 - Perform a fresh Nested ESXi 6.0 installation in a VM, do not configure additional settings outside of enabling ESXi Shell and SSH. Step 3 - Download the Nested ESXi 6.0 Instant Clone Scripts which contains the following four files: