Clone a virtual machine
Before you begin
You have a datastore that contains one or more virtual machines. See Create a datastore.
Procedure overview
You clone a virtual machine to create an exact copy of its data and settings. Compared to a VMware clone of a virtual machine, which involves creating a copy of all associated virtual machine data, a clone of a virtual machine on HPE OmniStack hosts takes significantly less time to complete. Since all virtual machine data is already stored on the hosts, there is no need to create blocks of data, which means cloning completes faster without heavy I/O impact.