anyone comfortable with VMware here?

im running VMware server (its all new to me),v and would liek to copy/clone one of my virtual machines.

there doesnt seem to be a concept of cloning using VMWare server, just taking a snapshot...

any pointers?

grrrrRR

hmmm... is it so simple that all i have to do is copy the VM directory on the host O/S?

cant be that mundane, SHIRLY

seems thats the jist of it yep:

How to clone virtual machines in VMware Server

Yep. Pretty easy.
I find VMware a PITA though unless you;re building ESX server farms. Sun virtualbox is much better, and completely free. VMware free version cripples performance.
http://www.virtualbox.org/

well its new to me as ive said, already encountered some quirks...

next step is setting up some clones, a NAT, and some SMTP/DNS/FTP

BLARK!...heheh

Don't forget Jumbo Frames.

yes. No point elaborating, I see you've RTFM

after beating my head against the wall trying to set up networking on VMware server and failing miserably, i find out it wont work with my laptop/windows 7.

the sys admin came down and had a go and couldnt get any of my images to pick up an IP...

DHCP/SSH wasnt working and i couldnt install any packages from my local host..

lol...

BLARK!!

i was told to use VMware server btw... grr