• Virtual server to be cloned -- Virtual server managed by vCenter server or VMware vSphere ESXi (or
VMware ESX Server).
• Clone -- Clone of the virtual server to be cloned. The clone name is the name of the virtual server
clone.
Usage guidelines
• Do not run multiple instances of this service on the same virtual server at the same time.
• Do not use a different service to operate the virtual server source or destination of cloning during
cloning. Also, do not operate the virtual servers directly from the vCenter server. The service can fail.
• HTML tags can be specified in the additional information property
UserResponseplugin.dialogText
in the window for entering a response. The property accepts
the same tags and attributes as those available in the User-Response Wait Plug-in. For more details,
see the topic related to "User-Response Wait Plug-in".
• vAPP cannot be specified as the destination of cloning.
• Do not start the newly created clone. To start a created clone, you must delete or restore the cloned
virtual server.
Delete Cloned Virtual Machine: Service details
The general steps for using this service template to delete a cloned Virtual Machine are as follows:
1.
Obtain the power status of the clone.
2.
Confirm that the power status of the clone is OFF.
a.
If the power status is OFF, the service proceeds to the next step.
b.
If the power status is not OFF, the service ends abnormally.
3.
Delete the clone.
The maximum length of the virtual server name property
vmware.vmName
and clone name property
vmware.cloneName
is 60 characters.
Service Definition Properties
The following table lists the properties visible in the
Service Definition
window for the Delete Cloned
Virtual Machine service template.
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