At first, a thin provisioned disk uses only as much datastore space as the disk initially needs. It might take longer to create disks in this format than to create other types of disks. In contrast to the thick provision lazy zeroed format, the data remaining on the physical device is zeroed out during creation. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time. Any data remaining on the physical device is not erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand at a later time on first write from the virtual machine.Ĭreate a thick disk that supports clustering features such as Fault Tolerance. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated during creation. Use the same format as the source virtual machine.Ĭreate a virtual disk in a default thick format. Select the format for the virtual machine's disks.For the virtual machine configuration file and for each virtual disk, click Browse and select a datastore or datastore cluster.Store virtual machine configuration files and disk in separate locations. Store all virtual machine files in the same datastore cluster. The list shows which datastores are compatible and which are incompatible with the selected virtual machine storage policy. Apply a virtual machine storage policy for the virtual machine home files and the virtual disks from the VM storage policy drop-down menu.Store all virtual machine files in the same location on a datastore. Select the datastore location where you want to store the virtual machine files.Select a resource pool in which to run the virtual machine and click Next.Select a host within the cluster and click Next.Run the virtual machine in a cluster without DRS automatic placement. Run the virtual machine in a cluster with DRS automatic placement. Run the virtual machine on a standalone host. Select a host or cluster on which to run the new virtual machine.Enter a virtual machine name, select a location, and click Next.Right-click the virtual machine and select Clone.Here is the directory structure you will need:įor more information on the directory structure, see ESXi cloud init reference.
#Vmware 6.0 clone a drive with vcenter license
To pass a config drive to the FortiGate-VM, first you must create a directory structure, and place the license file and configuration script file in the appropriate places. Config drive also allows the administrator to pass both day zero configuration scripts and FGT-VM licenses to the FortiGate on initial boot. Cloud-Init config drive was initially created for OpenStack and other cloud environments and is a capability available on the FortiGate-VM even when booting within a VMware vCenter or standalone ESX environment. FortiGate-VM supports version 2 of the config-drive capabilities. If you find yourself deploying VMs on VMware vCenter or standalone ESX and are looking for a way to preconfigure the FortiGate-VM so that it boots with a predetermined configuration, and a valid license you have found the right recipeĮnsure to verify the config drive functionality available for your FortiGate-VM version in the release notes.
#Vmware 6.0 clone a drive with vcenter how to
This section describes how to bootstrap a FortiGate-VM in VMware vCenter using config drive. Validating the FortiGate-VM license with FortiManager Uploading the FortiGate-VM virtual appliance license Registering the FortiGate-VM virtual applianceĭownloading the FortiGate-VM virtual appliance deployment package FortiGate-VM virtual appliance evaluation licenseįortiGate-VM virtual licenses and resources
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