Once you have established SSH connection to the server, you need to create a directory for the virtual machine you want to create in the Data Store, which should be here: “/vmfs/volumes/datastore1 /”.>

Type the following command: mkdir /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 /<name on your new VM>
We will now use vmkfstools to clone our virtual machine. In the example below, we show how to clone a Windows 2003 Server 32-bit, in our file structure.

/Vmfs/volumes/49be35b9-b234a901-5406-002219b69217 # /sbin/vmkfstools-i “/ vmfs/volumes/49be35b9-b234a901-5406-002219b69217/Windows-2003-32-bit/WindowsServer-2003 Serverx32.vmdk” ” /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/namn on the system’s directory/name of systemet.vmdk ” Disk Cloning
Clone: 100% done.
 
The virtual machine should now be cloned. All that remains now are two simple steps.
1st > Sign in with VMware vSphere client and select <Make a new VM on this server>.
2nd > Select “Custom” and then when you get to choose disk when the VM is created, you browse the data store and select the newly named vmdk file.