esxi vm clone

vmclone.sh

#!/bin/sh

echo "src: /vmfs/volumes/$1"
echo "dest: /vmfs/volumes/$2"
echo "machine: $3"

ls -l /vmfs/volumes/$1/$3/

read -p "Press [Enter] key to continue."

mkdir /vmfs/volumes/$2/$3/

# copy except "*.vmdk"
ls /vmfs/volumes/$1/$3/* | grep -v -e ".vmdk$" | xargs -I {} cp -p {} /vmfs/volumes/$2/$3/`basename {}`

# copy "*.vmdk"
ls /vmfs/volumes/$1/$3/*.vmdk | grep -v -e "-flat.vmdk$" | xargs -I {} vmkfs -i {} -d thin /vmfs/volumes/$2/$3/`basename {}`