Apply a Customization Object to a Cloned Virtual Machine

You can apply a custom configuration to a cloned virtual machine by using a customization object.

Note: This feature runs only on a 32-bit PowerCLI process.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

1. Get the Spec customization specification and clone it for temporary use.

   Get-OSCustomizationSpec Spec | New-OSCustomizationSpec -Type NonPersistent -Name ClientSpec

2. Change the NamingPrefix property of the customization object to the name of the virtual machine you want to create.

   Set-OSCustomizationSpec -Spec ClientSpec -NamingPrefix VM1

3. Create a virtual machine named VM1 by cloning the existing VM virtual machine and applying the customization specification.

   Get-VM VM | New-VM -VMHost Host -Datastore Storage1 -OSCustomizationSpec ClientSpec -Name VM1