{"id":1000,"date":"2021-07-18T21:54:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T21:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2021-09-09T06:54:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T06:54:27","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-clone-and-template-in-vmware-vsphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/vmware-vsphere\/what-is-the-difference-between-clone-and-template-in-vmware-vsphere\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between clone and template in VMware VSphere ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TextHeading\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<h2 id=\"difference-between-clone-and-template-in-vmware-vsphere\" class=\"color-purple\">Difference between clone and template in VMware VSphere<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"table-bordered table-striped table table-responsive\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Clone<\/th>\n<th>Template<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-leftalign\">Clone is a copy of the virtual machine.<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-leftalign\">A template is a main copy of a virtual machine; many clone made by this template.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-leftalign\">You cannot change back the cloned Virtual<br \/>\nMachine.<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-leftalign\">Template can be change back to the virtual machine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-leftalign\">A clone of a virtual machine can be<br \/>\nmade when the virtual machine is powered on.<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-leftalign\">Template cannot be powered on.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-leftalign\">A full clone is independent from parent<br \/>\nvirtual machines and does not share<br \/>\nanything with virtual machines.<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-leftalign\">When you clone a virtual machine by the template, the resulting cloned virtual machine is free of the original virtual machine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"text-center row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div 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