This is a workaround on cloning a computer in VMware ESX Starter Edition
1. Log into VMWare ESX using Putty
2. Copy the entire folder of the “template” to a folder with the new name using cp -r /original/dir /copied/dir
3. Open Virtual Infrastructure Client
4. Double-click on Storage on the right side of the screen
5. Go to the new folder and right-click in the .vmx file and select “add to inventory”