You can apply a custom configuration to a cloned virtual machine by using a customization object.
Note: This feature runs only on a 32-bit PowerCLI
process.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are connected
to a
vCenter
Server
system.
Procedure
- Get the Spec customization specification and clone it for temporary use.
Get-OSCustomizationSpec Spec | New-OSCustomizationSpec -Type NonPersistent -Name ClientSpec
- Change the NamingPrefix property of the customization object to the name of the virtual machine you want to create.
Set-OSCustomizationSpec -Spec ClientSpec -NamingPrefix VM1
- Create a virtual machine named VM1 by cloning the existing VM virtual machine and applying the customization specification.
Get-VM VM | New-VM -VMHost Host -Datastore Storage1 -OSCustomizationSpec ClientSpec -Name VM1