

Go into the Settings of the Linked Clone and select Hard Disk for the Boot Order.Name the VM to your Server naming conventions (I am going to simplify things and name this one DC_1 for Domain Controller).In VirtualBox, right click the Base VM and select Clone.Bonus: Building the Ultimate VirtualBox Lab – RDP to Virtual Machines.Part 6: Building the Ultimate VirtualBox Lab – Linked Clones.Part 5: Building the Ultimate VirtualBox Lab – Prep for.Part 4: Building the Ultimate VirtualBox Lab – Install Windows 2012 Base.Part 3: Building the Ultimate VirtualBox Lab – Install pfSense.Part 2: Building the Ultimate VirtualBox Lab – Configure Vbox.Part 1: Building the Ultimate VirtualBox Lab – Intro.This article is part 6 of 6 in the series: If you selected the current state of the source VM as clone point, a new snapshot will be created implicitly. Linked clone: In this mode new differencing disk images are created where the parent disk images are the source disk images. The clone can fully operate without the source VM. See for more information on the cloning process.įull clone: In this mode all depending disk images are copied to the new VM folder. Since I didn’t win the lottery or rob a bank, I am somewhat limited on the size of the SSD I can install the VMs on.īelow briefly explains what a full clone is compared to a linked clone. The reason I am using “linked” clones is because I am installing my lab environment on an SSD drive. This article, we will be setting up a few servers using the linked clone feature available in VirtualBox. In the previous article, we prepped our vm and compacted the.
