Table 4-1. Data Copy Types
Data Copy Type
Supported Sources and
Destinations Description
Select volumes to copy Source operating systems that support
disk volumes
Volume-based cloning allows resizing
the source volumes on the destination
machine, volume reordering, and
selection.
Select disks to copy Virtual machine sources and hosted or
managed destinations
Disk-based cloning does not allow
resizing the source disks on the
destination machine. For hosted
destinations, you can change the disk
type. For VMware Infrastructure
destinations, you can change the
datastore.
You can locate source disks to different
datastores on managed destinations
(VMware ESX, ESXi, or vCenter Server).
Linked clone Hosted sources and hosted
destinations
A linked clone allows you to create a
VMware virtual machine that shares the
virtual disk of the source virtual
machine or system image.
Depending on the destination you select, several target disk types are available. To support target virtual disks
on FAT file systems, divide the source into 2GB files. For detailed information on target virtual disks types, see
Table 4-2.
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