Copying VMs

With VM copy jobs you can create a fully-functional copy of a VM and store this copy in the backup repository or storage device. VM copying may be helpful if you want to move your datacenter to another location, archive a VM before decommissioning and so on.

To create a VM copy, you must configure a VM copy job. One job can be used to process one VM or more VMs.

You can configure a job and start it immediately or save the job to start it later. Jobs can be started manually or scheduled to run automatically at a specific time.

Before you create a VM copy job, check prerequisites. Then use the New VM Copy Job wizard to configure a VM copy job.

1. Launch the New Virtual Machine Copy Job wizard.
2. Specify a job name and description.
3. Select VMs to copy.
4. Exclude objects from the VM copy job.
5. Specify a copy destination.
6. Specify guest processing settings.
7. Define a job schedule.
8. Finish working with the wizard.