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To test some new software, I'd like to replicate a 9.3-RELEASE machine
and run it as a virtual machine (in this case inside VMware vSphere, but
I'm open to using other hypervisors if this isn't possible with VMware).

The 9.3 host is itself virtual, running as a VPS instance in a colo.

What's the best way to do this?

Thanks!

dn