1. First off, once you log in to the Cisco HyperFlex Connect system, you should see the Dashboard. You should first verify the Operational Status shows Online, the Resiliency Health is showing Healthy, and finally, Capacity is also green. This is just an overall basic check of the HyperFlex system.
2. Now, you can click on the “Virtual Machines” tab in the bottom left of the screen:
3. Next, you can click on the VM you wish to clone, then once it is checked, you can click on the “Ready Clones” tab in the top left.
4. Now the next step has a lot going on but a brief explanation and then you can look at the screenshot to see the full process/example.
a. First you will select the number of clones you wish to create in the “Number of clones” box.
b. Then, in the “Resource Pool” box, you will select the Resource Pool from your vSphere you wish to deploy to.
c. Next you type in a prefix name for the VMs in the “VM Name Prefix” box.
d. Next you put in a starting number you want at the end of the VM clones name in the “Starting clone number” box (exampled, you want it to be testvm1, or you can start it at testvm50, up to you.
e. Next you can change the increment of the number if you wish. Usually the default of 1 is chosen.
f. Next, you can uncheck or check the “Use same name for Guest Name” box. I leave this checked since it simplifies your naming scheme, but you can uncheck and customize as you wish.
g. Now, getting close to the end here, you can preview your VMs going to deploy in the “Preview” pane.
h. Finally, you can choose wweather or not to power on the VMs immediately after they cloned, or uncheck the box to leave powered off. Then just hit the “Clone” button.
5. Finally, you can verify the VMs have been created in the Resource Pool in your vSphere, or if you do not see them yet, can check and see they are being created in the “Tasks Pane” in your vSphere. Once you see them, you have your clones and are ready to go.
2. Now, you can click on the “Virtual Machines” tab in the bottom left of the screen:
3. Next, you can click on the VM you wish to clone, then once it is checked, you can click on the “Ready Clones” tab in the top left.
4. Now the next step has a lot going on but a brief explanation and then you can look at the screenshot to see the full process/example.
a. First you will select the number of clones you wish to create in the “Number of clones” box.
b. Then, in the “Resource Pool” box, you will select the Resource Pool from your vSphere you wish to deploy to.
c. Next you type in a prefix name for the VMs in the “VM Name Prefix” box.
d. Next you put in a starting number you want at the end of the VM clones name in the “Starting clone number” box (exampled, you want it to be testvm1, or you can start it at testvm50, up to you.
e. Next you can change the increment of the number if you wish. Usually the default of 1 is chosen.
f. Next, you can uncheck or check the “Use same name for Guest Name” box. I leave this checked since it simplifies your naming scheme, but you can uncheck and customize as you wish.
g. Now, getting close to the end here, you can preview your VMs going to deploy in the “Preview” pane.
h. Finally, you can choose wweather or not to power on the VMs immediately after they cloned, or uncheck the box to leave powered off. Then just hit the “Clone” button.
5. Finally, you can verify the VMs have been created in the Resource Pool in your vSphere, or if you do not see them yet, can check and see they are being created in the “Tasks Pane” in your vSphere. Once you see them, you have your clones and are ready to go.
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