You might want to clone a VM when you need to deploy several VMs that have the same software and configuration. By cloning a VM it saves you a ton of time! 

Below are three videos that provide you with how to clone a VM in different type-2 hypervisors. There are two common ways of doing clones. It is important to understand these differences (they will show up again with type-1 hypervisors)

Full Clone: A completely independent copy of the virtual machine that has not sharing of resources with the parent (the one that the clone was created from).

Linked Clone: When you create a linked clone will share the virtual disk(s) with the parent (the one the clone was created from) after it has been created. A snapshot of the disk is taken and used. 

A full clone will usually have better performance as it runs independently. A linked clone are able to be created quicker due to not having to duplicate the entire virtual drive. A linked clone also provides an advantage of saving disk space due to allowing multiple VMs to run off a single software installation!

Watch the videos below to see how to create a clone in a type-2 hypervisor.