Dear All,
I am looking for powercli script to trigger instant clone feature for non-frozen VM's in vSphere 6.7U1.
Referred the below link but I am not able to get this working on "non-frozen" VM.
https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2018/04/new-instant-clone-architecture-in-vsphere-6-7-part-2.html
Was able to get this working by using vCenter MOB and Horizon but I am looking to use this feature using powercli. LucD
Thank you!!!
Afaik, William's module InstantClone.psm1, handles both.
The function handles both cases (InstantCloneFrozen $true or $false) in the logic.
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Thank you LucD was able to implement instant clone
There are few limitations when we invoke a instant clone task on powered-on though:
The delta disk created on the source VM is not deleted when the child clone VM is deleted.
Is there a way we can remove the delta file(s) when it's associated VM(s) is deleted from inventory through powercli??
Afaik the clone doesn't "know" for whom the delta disk was created.
You would have to keep track of that one way or the other.
Perhaps a Custom Attribute or a Tag on the clone?
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Hi Vijay2027 ,
Did you find any way to stop the freezing state in the source VM after the instant clone is performed?
I am trying to see how I can invoke a method to stop at least the freezing but no luck (I am a newbie trying to learn )