This blog entry is simply to clear things up regarding virtual machine software (like VMware), the way it can make clones of existing virtual machines, and what if any impact such cloning has when ...

VMware has two types of clones: a full clone, which is a completely independent virtual machine, and a linked clone, which is a reference to the original clone but takes up less disk space.

With VMWare, cloning an existing virtual machine is child's play. Name one "CleanWork" and the other "CleanPersonal".

Tom Fenton walks through upgrading a VMware Horizon environment, installing a Linux desktop, configuring a Linux guest for instant clones and deploying instant clone desktops.

I'm tinkering with this. I got my baseline VM setup the way I'd like, is there a simple way to clone the VM?

VMware has two types of clones: a full clone, which is a completely independent virtual machine, and a linked clone, which is a reference to the original clone but takes up less disk space.

With IOclone, customers can now leverage the built-in global data deduplication capabilities of VergeOS to create complete clones of virtual machines (VM) within milliseconds, regardless of VM size.