How to clone VM on VMware Esxi server

1.Enable SSH from the vSphere Web Client

By default, remote command execution is disabled on an ESXi host, and you cannot log in to the host by using a remote shell. You can enable remote command execution from the direct console or from the vSphere Web Client. 

Procedure

1	Select the host, click Manage, and keep Settings selected.
2	Click Security Profile.
3	In the Services section, click Edit.
4	Select SSH.  ■ To temporarily start or stop the service, click the Start or Stop button.  ■ To change the Startup policy across reboots, select Start and stop with host and reboot the host.
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2.Logon to Exsi server through SSH

3.cd /vmfs/volumes/[datastore]

4.cp -af [sourceVM]  [destVM]