A vSphere administrator needs to create an exact replica of a virtual machine as a safeguard prior to changing the virtual machine configuration.
Which vSphere feature accomplishes this requirement?
A vSphere administrator needs to create an exact replica of a virtual machine as a safeguard prior to changing the virtual machine configuration.
Which vSphere feature accomplishes this requirement?
To create an exact replica of a virtual machine, the appropriate vSphere feature is Cloning. Cloning allows the administrator to create a full and independent copy of the virtual machine. Snapshots, on the other hand, are used to capture and save the state of a virtual machine at a specific point in time, but they are not complete replicas and cannot stand alone as independent virtual machines. vSphere Fault Tolerance and vSphere vMotion serve different purposes related to maintaining availability and migrating virtual machines, respectively.
Not to be confused with the Question (50) :Which feature provides a mechanism for a virtual machine to revert to a previous configuration state? Snapshot.