VMware ESXi 4.0 VM Cloning script w/ SSH enabled

vmclone.sh

#!/bin/sh
# usage: vmclone.sh SOURCE TARGET

SOURCE_NAME=$1
TARGET_NAME=$2

VMSTORE=/vmfs/volumes/datastore1
VMID=`vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | awk '/'"$SOURCE_NAME"'/ {print $1;}'`

SOURCE_DIR=$VMSTORE/$SOURCE_NAME
TARGET_DIR=$VMSTORE/$TARGET_NAME

NAME=$SOURCE_NAME
BASE=$SOURCE_DIR/$NAME

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off $VMID
# NOTE: if not allow shutdown, create snapshot for hotcopying
#vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create $VMID forBackup
mkdir $TARGET_DIR
vmkfstools -i $BASE.vmdk -d monosparse $TARGET_DIR/$NAME.vmdk
cp $BASE.vmx $BASE.vmxf $BASE.vmsd $BASE.nvram $TARGET_DIR
#vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remove $VMID

# edit vmx
sed -i 's/displayName.*//g' $TARGET_DIR/$NAME.vmx
sed -i 's/vmci0\.id.*//g' $TARGET_DIR/$NAME.vmx
sed -i 's/vc\.uuid.*//g' $TARGET_DIR/$NAME.vmx
sed -i 's/sched\.swap\..*//g' $TARGET_DIR/$NAME.vmx
sed -i 's/uuid.*//g' $TARGET_DIR/$NAME.vmx
sed -i 's/ethernet0\.address.*//g' $TARGET_DIR/$NAME.vmx
sed -i 's/ethernet0\.generatedAddress.*//g' $TARGET_DIR/$NAME.vmx
echo uuid.action = \"create\" >> $TARGET_DIR/$NAME.vmx

NEW_VMID=`vim-cmd solo/registervm $TARGET_DIR/$NAME.vmx $TARGET_NAME`
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on $NEW_VMID
#vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off $NEW_VMID