Cloning vm Programatically

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Am trying to create a clone of vm in the ESX server programatically in C#, the program should take the vm name as argument and create the vm in the ESX from my machine, any help will be appreciated.

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Posted 18-Sep-11 22:54pm

nmdhussain

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2011-09-18T23:09:00

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Take a look at this article Automating VMWare Tasks in C# with the VIX API

Posted 18-Sep-11 23:09pm

Mehdi Gholam

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nmdhussain 19-Sep-11 6:08am

Hi Mehdi Gholam thanks for the quick reply, but vix api supports cloning only in vm workstation not in ESX server

Mehdi Gholam 19-Sep-11 6:12am

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/103652

nmdhussain 19-Sep-11 6:24am

The method suggested in this thread will not help my purpose I want to make many clones as needed and delete them.