clone_from_vm brings the source VM from esxi host to local then back to esxi host

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Terraform-provider-esxi plugin

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clone_from_vm brings the source VM from esxi host to local then back to esxi host #217

Open wicadmin opened 8 months ago

wicadmin commented 8 months ago

Is there a way to just have clone_from _vm clone within ESXi host and not proxy the clone from the host to my local workstation back to the same host?

iamjackg commented 6 months ago

I believe this provider uses ovftool to clone VMs, which can only proxy through your local machine. The only solution would be to implement a manual copy process like in the VMWare VMX Builder for Packer.