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Converting a linked clone or instant clone virtual machine to a full clone virtual machine (1026753)

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Purpose

You may want to convert a linked clone or instant clone virtual machine to a full clone virtual machine in these scenarios:

The virtual machine that has important information in the C: drive and on the user data disk does not power on and you do not want to recompose.

When you view the virtual machine from a datastore browser, the replica disk is missing

When you connect to the host through command line, the -flat.vmdk file of the virtual machine exists but the .vmdk descriptor file does not exist or is corrupted

This article provides the steps to convert a linked clone or instant clone virtual machine into a full clone virtual machine.

This is designed to be a temporary measure to extract needed data or allow temporary operational continuity.
It is changing the type of virtual machine and you will lose the functionality of the original chosen pool type.

Resolution

To convert a linked clone or instant clone virtual machine to a full virtual machine:

Note: A linked clone or instant clone that has been converted to a full virtual machine should never be used as a parent or template virtual machine with a VMware Horizon View environment.

Cloning through vCenter Server

Locate your linked clone or instant clone virtual machine in vCenter Server.

Right-click and click Clone to a Virtual Machine.

Navigate through the wizard.

After the cloning completes, power on and test the virtual machine.

This method clones a full clone copy of the virtual machine, with the same configuration and multiple disks as the linked clone. The linked clone or instant clone remains.

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リンク クローン仮想マシンを完全クローン仮想マシンに変換する

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