With the linked clone workflows, you can perform linked clone operations such as restoring a virtual machine from a linked clone, creating a linked clone, or others.
To access these workflows, navigate to and enter the vcenter, virtual_machine_management and linked_clone tags in the workflow search box.
| Workflow Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Linked clone, Linux with multiple NICs | Creates a linked clone of a Linux virtual machine, performs the guest operating system customization, and configures up to four virtual network cards. |
| Linked clone, Linux with single NIC | Creates a linked clone of a Linux virtual machine, performs the guest operating system customization, and configures one virtual network card. |
| Linked clone, no customization | Creates the specified number of linked clones of a virtual machine. |
| Linked clone, Windows with multiple NICs and credential | Creates a linked clone of a Windows virtual machine and performs the guest operating system customization. Configures up to four virtual network cards and a local administrator user account. |
| Linked clone, Windows with single NIC and credential | Creates a linked clone of a Windows virtual machine and performs the guest operating system customization. Configures one virtual network card and a local administrator user account. |
| Restore virtual machine from linked clone | Removes a virtual machine from a linked clone setup. |
| Set up virtual machine for linked clone | Prepares a virtual machine to be link cloned. |
