The following scripts are what are used for cloning or copying Virtual Machines in either SSH« or a third-party program, such as PuTTY«

We use the CD (Change Directory) to go into a folder.
'-- To go into a single folder. cd vmfs '-- To go multiple folders deep. cd vmfs/volumes/ '-- To go back 1 folder cd .. '--To go back to the Root, type the follow and hit [Enter] and then [Enter] again at the Greater Bracket. cd\
'-- To get the Datastore number that corresponds with the datastore name. '-- (LS but lowercase) The top LEFT folder SHOULD be the Datastore. ls '-- Example [root@localhost:/vmfs/volumes] ls 60b827f2-a53c1062-fbd9-848f69defff7 a58601e3-934691cf-d2ce-c0b3ec164811 630befcd-85d18a16-82a2-848f69defff7 adb4b8ee-414b41da-c436-b773dd16ac0e '-- The top left is my datastore. To go into the store, you will do this. [root@localhost:/vmfs/volumes] cd 60b827f2-a53c1062-fbd9-848f69defff7

[Clone and THIN Provision]
(Make sure this is all on the same line, or it will not work.)
vmkfstools -i "/vmfs/volumes/60b827f2-a53c1062-fbd9-848f69defff7/011-WebCore-02/011-WebCore-02.vmdk" "/vmfs/volumes/60b827f2-a53c1062-fbd9-848f69defff7/003-WebCore-05/011-WebCore-05.vmdk" -d thin -a buslogic

[Rename VD]
vmkfstools -E 011-WebCore-05.vmdk 003-WebCore-05.vmdk

[Rename VMX]
(This makes a copy of the file, it does not rename it.)
cp 011-WebCore-02.vmx 003-WebCore-05.vmx