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Asked: 2015-04-15 10:44:42 +0800 CST

How to make sure file in VM's folder is copied with VM when cloning VMWare Virtual Machine

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I am running a vmware environment (Version 4 unfortunately) which requires me to use a bios rom file in order to run server 2012. I upload it to the root folder of the VM after creation, before boot and change some config lines.

bios440.filename = bios.440.rom
mce.enable = TRUE
cpuid.hypervisor.v0 = FALSE
vmGenCounter.enable = FALSE

Configuration Parameters and ROM from here

That works perfectly until I clone the VM or try and deploy a template. The file is not copied.

Is there any way to tell vmware that the file needs to be copied with the VM when cloning or deploying from template?

bios440.filename =[ESX-ISO (SAN1)] ROMs/bios.440.rom

Where the name of the datastore is ESX-ISO (SAN1)

vmware-esxi

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  1. Best Answer

    I found a solution... put the bios.440.rom in a "common" location and then give the full path to the rom in the VMX file

    "/vmfs/volumes/mydatastore/bios.440.rom"

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