In order to do that click Start then Run.
#VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 CLONE VM HOW TO#
Following steps will demonstrate how to prepare our installation of Windows 7 for templating.ġ. To complete that step standard built-in tool – Sysprep – can be used to prepare operating system. To use prepared Windows 7 instance as a template all unique information has to be removed and operating system has to be prepared to generate new unique identifier for every new clone. Prepare Windows 7 to be used as a template Once Windows 7 is fully installed we can proceed with preparing out virtual machine to be a template for all future instances of Windows 7 64-bit on our VMware Workstation.
If more hard disk will be required on particular virtual machine cloned from template we can always expand or add more space when exact purpose of the virtual machine will be identified. Also, I’ve created only one system partition on 60GB hard disk. I guess everyone has own set of applications which likes to have ready to use on any computer.
#VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 CLONE VM INSTALL#
After that install all recent patches from Microsoft Update, VMware Tools and all applications you want to have in all virtual machines created from template. Install operating system on virtual machine. For that we need installation ISO image or DVD with Windows 7. We will create template for virtual machines with Windows 7 64-bit. For that purpose I’ve created virtualm machine with following parameters: Install Windows 7 and prepare for tempaltingįirst we have to create virtual machine and install operating system. Let’s see all details behind all phases of preparation for templating on VMware Workstation.