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this post describes on how to to pass data, for example a variable, from vCenter into a virtual machine.
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VMware vSphere: Create a linked clone with Powercli
Hi,
linked clones have some advantages:
- New virtual machines are rapidly deployed. The initial task is only to reference to a snapshot of an existing virtual machine. No virtual disk file(s) will be copied at this time.
- They save disk space. Because only the space difference to the origin snapshot is allocated.
I found no option in the vSphere respective the Webclient to create one, but PowerCli provides this. Lets do it.
Connect to vCenter
Connect-VIServer vcenter.subdomain.domain.local
Define the virtual machine which is the origin of the linked clone, and the Snapshotname on which the linked clone based.
$sOriginVM="mastervm" $sOriginVMSnapshotName="mastervm_linkedclone_snap"
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VMware Workstation: Boot a virtual machine from a USB drive/stick
The BIOS of the VMware Workstation does not support to boot from a USB drive or stick which is connected to a virtual machine.
But there is a workaround:-) Use the Plop Boot Manager. Download the latest ZIP File and extract the plpbt.iso file. This contains a CD image which starts plop boot manager. Connect the iso file as a virtual CDROM to your virtual machine.
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