Comments on: Clone VMWare Fusion Virtual Machines

By: Paul Tremblett

Paul Tremblett — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:55:50 +0000

I have used your procedure in the past with great success. When I try it now using the latest version of VMF, it seems that the eth0 network interface (Ubuntu VM) disappears in the clone. I have tried using the advanced options to generate a new MAC for the clone but with no luck.

By: Paul Tremblett

Paul Tremblett — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:55:00 +0000

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:42:40 +0000

@Eric – If you choose “moved” when moving the vm to a new host, it *may* be fine. For the copied option, vmware products change the MAC address of the vm to avoid collisions, which is one of the things WinLicensing looks at. (Note: have not yet tested.)

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:42:00 +0000

By: Eric Novikoff

Eric Novikoff — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:17:39 +0000

I have done this copy/clone operation but moved the clone to my laptop. All was well for a while, then Win7 complained that the hardware had changed, and stopped working without a new license. I’m fine with getting another license, but the problem is that i want to only maintain one windows environment with all of its installed applications, settings, etc. By having to relicense Windows, I am changing the copy, which means that I can no longer maintain just one VM image. Is there any way around this?

By: Eric Novikoff

Eric Novikoff — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:17:00 +0000

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:00:23 +0000

I would love to know as well. I had to delete all my snapshots.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:00:00 +0000

I would love to know as well. I had to delete all my snapshots.

By: Dirk

Dirk — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:31:29 +0000

Nice article, thanks for publishing it. I have a question about snapshots: the same snapshots that were associated with the original are still associated with the clone, which is both a blessing and a curse. Is there any way that you know of to disassociate the snapshots from the clone without deleting them from the original?

By: Dirk

Dirk — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:31:00 +0000