{note: this post is deprecated, it is now possible to do “live cloning” using VMM 2012 R2, See my newer post below} Create clone of running VM using VMM My OLD post: If you use SC VMM’s own VM cloning functionality, you see two major problems: You have to shut down that VM, and The original VM gets destroyed. Of course this is not acceptable if you are trying to create a dev VM out of a production VM. Here is how you can clone a VM without these problems: Using VMM, create a checkpoint (snapshot) of that VM. Wait for the process to finish. This quieses the VHD, making…