An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine
I am trying to clone a virtual machine but the task fails with the following error: An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine I also see Event ID 7011 logged in the System event…
How to clone a VM from another powered off VM in vSphere Client
1. Log into vSphere Client and ensure that you are in the VMs and Templates view 2. Locate the desired VM to clone. Right-click this VM and choose Clone 3. Enter a name for the new VM and choose an…
Cloning a VMware ESXi thick disk to a thin disk
Up until now I’ve been building all of my virtual servers with thick provisioned disks. In order to better utilise the available disk, I have decided use thin provisioned disks instead. This is easy enough for new servers but if, like me,…