By creating virtual machines, we are essentially creating a virtual operating system that can be moved around as we like within the infrastructure. We should all be familiar with the benefits of virtualization by now. In Microsoft Hyper-V, you are also able to create these clone types albeit in a different way. In VMware Workstation, you’re able to create what is known as Full Clones and Linked Clones. Installing this base operating system over and over again wastes time and quite frankly it’s quite a bore! We’ve all done it a million times by now already and so do you really want to look at that same install screen yet again? Probably not. No doubt when you build virtual machines for your mini lab environment on your client Windows 8 system, you’d often find yourselves installing the same operating system over and over again because it’s highly likely that you’ll need more than one virtual machine with that same base operating system to complete your lab setup. The purpose of this article is to show you how you can save a ton of time by utilizing a feature known as virtual machine cloning.
Sure, some of the features are missing in the client hypervisor in Windows 8 but for the most part, the base client hypervisor software is the same as the hypervisor used in Windows Server 2012, which of course is used in business and production environments around the world.
If you’re a virtual machine freak like me, then you’ve most likely upgraded to Windows 8 Pro already due to its awesome built in Hyper-V client! No longer do you need to install Windows Server 2012 or the standalone hypervisor operating system just to be able to build your virtual machine infrastructure on your home laptop or desktop.
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