Clone Exact Replica of an Existing ESXi 5.5

I have 12 new servers to deploy and want to use an exact copy of the existing 5.5 image on an existing host. What would be the best practice for this?

Stateful and stateless environment:
1. Keep your ISO in https location and setup the Scripted environment to boot all the host from the same ESXi ISO. All host boot with the same Build. VMware KB: Deploying ESXi 5.x using the Scripted Install feature
2. If you want the stateless environment then setup the auto deploy server in vCenter Server and Boot all host with the same auto deploy server keeping the same ISO. VMware KB: Understanding vSphere Auto Deploy Stateless Caching and Stateful Installs

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Configure replicas based on existing encrypted DB

I am researching SQL Server Always On. I have put together a configuration that uses an existing DB which is encrypted. It is NOT a TDE DB. I cannot find any examples of how to configure this setup and I'm having an issue where my secondary replica cannot
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I'm not sure if that specific to azure, but the DMK is an object in the database. You don't have to restore it.
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I see this, but you posted this:
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GO
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GO
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ID INT IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
EncryptedValue VARBINARY(8000) NOT NULL
GO
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I'm seeking some advice on an issue I need to overcome.
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Based on my research, it seems like what I'm trying to achieve is not impossible
This thread here: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2355/dismantling-a-sql-server-cluster-after-a-p2v-physical-to-virtual-migration/
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Is an iPad backup an exact clone?

Greetings All
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Thanks
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Calendar accounts.
Calendar events.
Call history.
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Game Center account.
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Message was edited by: bikeprofessor

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I think Carbon Copy Cloner is misusing the term bootable disk image on their website:
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Hi Nagamohan,
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,APPS.PO_REQUISITION_HEADERS RH
WHERE PLL.LINE_LOCATION_ID = RL.LINE_LOCATION_ID (+)
AND RL.REQUISITION_HEADER_ID = RH.REQUISITION_HEADER_ID(+)
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,(SELECT DISTINCT E2.FULL_NAME
FROM APPS.PO_REQUISITION_LINES RL
,APPS.PO_REQUISITION_HEADERS RH
,APPS.HR_EMPLOYEES E2
WHERE PLL.LINE_LOCATION_ID = RL.LINE_LOCATION_ID (+)
AND RL.REQUISITION_HEADER_ID = RH.REQUISITION_HEADER_ID(+)
AND RH.PREPARER_ID = E2.EMPLOYEE_ID(+)
AND ROWNUM = 1) "PR_PREPARER"
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,V.VENDOR_NAME "VENDOR_NAME"
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,E1.FULL_NAME "PO_BUYER"
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,MSI.PRIMARY_UNIT_OF_MEASURE "UOM"
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,PLL.QUANTITY
,PLL.QUANTITY_RECEIVED
,PLL.QUANTITY_BILLED
,RCV.JE_SOURCE_NAME "TRANSACTION_SOURCE"
,'RECEIPT' "DOCUMENT TYPE"
,RSH.RECEIPT_NUM "DOCUMENT NUMBER"
,TO_CHAR(RT.TRANSACTION_DATE,'DD-MON-YYYY') "DOCUMENT DATE"
,TO_CHAR(RT.TRANSACTION_DATE,'YYYY') "DOCUMENT DATE (YEAR)"
,TO_CHAR(RT.TRANSACTION_DATE,'MON') "DOCUMENT DATE (MONTH)"
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,RT.PO_UNIT_PRICE*NVL(RT.CURRENCY_CONVERSION_RATE,1) "UNIT_PRICE_(SGD)"
,RT.QUANTITY "TRANSACTION_QUANTITY"
,NVL(RCV.ACCOUNTED_DR,-RCV.ACCOUNTED_CR) "ACCOUNTED_AMOUNT"
,NVL(RCV.ENTERED_DR,-RCV.ENTERED_CR) "ENTERED_AMOUNT"
,RT.CURRENCY_CONVERSION_DATE "RECEIPT_EXCHANGE_DATE"
,RT.CURRENCY_CONVERSION_TYPE "RECEIPT_EXCHANGE_TYPE"
,RT.CURRENCY_CONVERSION_RATE "RECEIPT_EXCHANGE_RATE"
FROM APPS.RCV_RECEIVING_SUB_LEDGER RCV
,APPS.GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS CC
,APPS.RCV_TRANSACTIONS RT
,APPS.PO_HEADERS PHA
,APPS.RCV_SHIPMENT_HEADERS RSH
,APPS.PO_LINES PLA
,APPS.PO_VENDORS V
,APPS.HR_LOCATIONS HL
,APPS.PO_LINE_LOCATIONS PLL
,APPS.MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS MSI
,APPS.HR_EMPLOYEES E1
WHERE RCV.CODE_COMBINATION_ID = CC.CODE_COMBINATION_ID
AND RCV.ACTUAL_FLAG='A'
AND PHA.AUTHORIZATION_STATUS = 'APPROVED'
AND PHA.TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE = 'STANDARD'
AND PHA.VENDOR_ID = V.VENDOR_ID
AND PHA.AGENT_ID = E1.EMPLOYEE_ID
AND RCV.RCV_TRANSACTION_ID = RT.TRANSACTION_ID
AND RT.PO_HEADER_ID = PHA.PO_HEADER_ID
AND RT.PO_HEADER_ID = PLA.PO_HEADER_ID
AND RT.PO_LINE_ID = PLA.PO_LINE_ID
AND PLA.ITEM_ID = MSI.INVENTORY_ITEM_ID (+)
AND RT.SHIPMENT_HEADER_ID = RSH.SHIPMENT_HEADER_ID
AND RT.PO_LINE_LOCATION_ID = PLL.LINE_LOCATION_ID
AND PLL.SHIP_TO_LOCATION_ID = HL.LOCATION_ID
AND NVL(PLL.QUANTITY_RECEIVED,0) > NVL(PLL.QUANTITY_BILLED,0)
AND (NVL(PLL.QUANTITY_RECEIVED,0) - NVL(PLL.QUANTITY_BILLED,0)) > 0.01
AND MSI.ORGANIZATION_ID = RSH.SHIP_TO_ORG_ID
UNION ALL
SELECT RT.TRANSACTION_ID
,(SELECT DISTINCT RH.SEGMENT1
FROM APPS.PO_REQUISITION_LINES RL
,APPS.PO_REQUISITION_HEADERS RH
WHERE PLL.LINE_LOCATION_ID = RL.LINE_LOCATION_ID (+)
AND RL.REQUISITION_HEADER_ID = RH.REQUISITION_HEADER_ID(+)
AND ROWNUM = 1) "PR_NUMBER"
,(SELECT DISTINCT E2.FULL_NAME
FROM APPS.PO_REQUISITION_LINES RL
,APPS.PO_REQUISITION_HEADERS RH
,APPS.HR_EMPLOYEES E2
WHERE PLL.LINE_LOCATION_ID = RL.LINE_LOCATION_ID (+)
AND RL.REQUISITION_HEADER_ID = RH.REQUISITION_HEADER_ID(+)
AND RH.PREPARER_ID = E2.EMPLOYEE_ID(+)
AND ROWNUM = 1) "PR_PREPARER"
,PHA.TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE "PO TYPE"
,V.VENDOR_NAME "VENDOR_NAME"
,TO_CHAR(REL.CREATION_DATE,'DD-MON-YYYY') "PO_CREATION_DATE"
,E1.FULL_NAME "PO_BUYER"
,CC.SEGMENT1||'-'||CC.SEGMENT2||'-'||CC.SEGMENT3||'-'||CC.SEGMENT4||'-'||CC.SEGMENT5||'-'||CC.SEGMENT6||'-'||CC.SEGMENT7||'-'||CC.SEGMENT8 "ACCOUNT"
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,REL.RELEASE_NUM "RELEASE_NUMBER"
,PLA.LINE_NUM "LINE_NUMBER"
,MSI.SEGMENT2 "ITEM_NUMBER"
,MSI.PRIMARY_UNIT_OF_MEASURE "UOM"
,MSI.DESCRIPTION "ITEM_DESCRIPTION"
,PLL.QUANTITY
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,PLL.QUANTITY_BILLED
,RCV.JE_SOURCE_NAME "TRANSACTION_SOURCE"
,'RECEIPT' "DOCUMENT TYPE"
,RSH.RECEIPT_NUM "DOCUMENT NUMBER"
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,TO_CHAR(RT.TRANSACTION_DATE,'YYYY') "DOCUMENT DATE (YEAR)"
,TO_CHAR(RT.TRANSACTION_DATE,'MON') "DOCUMENT DATE (MONTH)"
,RCV.CURRENCY_CODE "CURRENCY_CODE"
,RT.PO_UNIT_PRICE*NVL(RT.CURRENCY_CONVERSION_RATE,1) "UNIT_PRICE_(SGD)"
,RT.QUANTITY "TRANSACTION_QUANTITY"
,NVL(RCV.ACCOUNTED_DR,-RCV.ACCOUNTED_CR) "ACCOUNTED_AMOUNT"
,NVL(RCV.ENTERED_DR,-RCV.ENTERED_CR) "ENTERED_AMOUNT"
,RT.CURRENCY_CONVERSION_DATE "RECEIPT_EXCHANGE_DATE"
,RT.CURRENCY_CONVERSION_TYPE "RECEIPT_EXCHANGE_TYPE"
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FROM APPS.RCV_RECEIVING_SUB_LEDGER RCV
,APPS.GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS CC
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,APPS.PO_HEADERS PHA
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,APPS.PO_LINES PLA
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,APPS.PO_VENDORS V
,APPS.HR_LOCATIONS HL
,APPS.PO_LINE_LOCATIONS PLL
,APPS.MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS MSI
,APPS.HR_EMPLOYEES E1
WHERE RCV.CODE_COMBINATION_ID = CC.CODE_COMBINATION_ID
AND RCV.ACTUAL_FLAG='A'
AND PHA.TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE = 'BLANKET'
AND REL.AUTHORIZATION_STATUS = 'APPROVED'
AND REL.PO_HEADER_ID = PHA.PO_HEADER_ID
AND PHA.VENDOR_ID = V.VENDOR_ID
AND REL.AGENT_ID = E1.EMPLOYEE_ID
AND RCV.RCV_TRANSACTION_ID = RT.TRANSACTION_ID
AND RT.PO_HEADER_ID = PHA.PO_HEADER_ID
AND RT.PO_HEADER_ID = PLA.PO_HEADER_ID
AND RT.PO_LINE_ID = PLA.PO_LINE_ID
AND RT.PO_RELEASE_ID = REL.PO_RELEASE_ID
AND PLA.ITEM_ID = MSI.INVENTORY_ITEM_ID (+)
AND RT.SHIPMENT_HEADER_ID = RSH.SHIPMENT_HEADER_ID
AND RT.PO_LINE_LOCATION_ID = PLL.LINE_LOCATION_ID
AND PLL.SHIP_TO_LOCATION_ID = HL.LOCATION_ID
AND PLL.PO_RELEASE_ID = REL.PO_RELEASE_ID
AND NVL(PLL.QUANTITY_RECEIVED,0) > NVL(PLL.QUANTITY_BILLED,0)
AND (NVL(PLL.QUANTITY_RECEIVED,0) - NVL(PLL.QUANTITY_BILLED,0)) > 0.01
AND MSI.ORGANIZATION_ID = RSH.SHIP_TO_ORG_ID
ORDER BY TRANSACTION_ID;
Thanks,
Sumir

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