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One of the joys of virtualisation is the flexibility afforded by the ability to copy virtual machine files around the network for backup purposes or just to create a new machine (especially with Microsoft’s new Virtual Server licensing arrangements<\/a>). Unfortunately, just as for “real” computers, simple file copies of Windows-based virtual machines can cause problems<\/a> and are not supported (see Microsoft knowledge base article 162001<\/a>).<\/p>\n

All is not lost though, as Microsoft does support the duplication of virtual hard disks using the system preparation tool<\/a> (SysPrep) and Megan Davis has written about sysprepping virtual machines<\/a> on her blog. I tested it today and it works really well – basically a 3 step process of:<\/p>\n

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  1. Install and configure a source virtual machine as required (i.e. operating system installed, virtual machine additions installed, service packs and other updates applied), making sure it is in a workgroup (i.e. not a domain member).<\/li>\n
  2. Locate the appropriate version of the Windows deployment tools (I used the ones from the \\support\\tools\\deploy.cab file on a Windows Server 2003 CD) and create an answer file (C:\\sysprep\\sysprep.inf). Then copy the sysprep.exe and setupcl.exe deployment tools to C:\\sysprep.<\/li>\n
  3. Run SysPrep to reseal and shut down the guest operating system, then copy the virtualmachinename<\/em>.vhd file to a secure location (make it read-only to prevent accidental overwrites, but also apply appropriate NTFS permissions). This file can then be duplicated at will to quickly create new virtual machines with a fully-configured operating system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For anyone who is unfamiliar with SysPrep, check out Killan’s guide to SysPrep<\/a> (which, despite claiming not to be written for corporate administrators or OEM system builders, seems like a pretty good reference to me).<\/p>\n

    \"ToshibaIncidentally, there are major performance gains to be had by moving virtual machines onto another disk (spindle – not just partition). Unfortunately my repurposed laptop hard disks<\/a> were too slow (especially on a USB 1.1 connection<\/a>), so I had to go out this afternoon and buy a USB 2.0 PCI adapter along with a decent external hard disk (a Toshiba 320GB 7200 RPM external USB 2.0 hard drive with 8MB data buffer) – that speeded things up nicely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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