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NAME

ctys-cloning-vms - Cloning of VMs

General

This document describes the automated change and configuration mainly provided by ctys-createConfVM(1). ctys-cloneVM(1) is used for the creation of cloned VMs.

Preparations

The first step is the creation of a source VM. Which could be automated by ctys-createConfVM(1). This tool is used for ctys-cloneVM(1) too in order to set new unique values for a cloned VM.

Once this step is completed, any VM could be used as a template for the creation of additinal VMs. Therefore the virtual disk and the machine configuration data are seperated, thus the majority of the number of the machine parameters could be altered by either using configuration utilities or by an ordinary ASC-II editor.

Initial Clone

The configuration could be proceeded in two basic variants:

1. QEMU/KVM, Xen
   The complete duplication and configuration could be proceeded by the utility ctys-createConfVM. The GuestOS has to be setup by common procedures in a second step.

2. VBOX, VMW
   The VM has to be setup by the native OEM tools and could be registered for ctys by post creation of configuration files and collecting these into the registry. The GuestOS has to be setup by common procedures in a second step.
   

Therefore the following call could be executed.

  
  ctys-cloneVM \
    -t xen \
    --label=tst02clone \
    --label-old=tst02 \
    --directory=/mntn/vmpool/vmpool05/xen/test/tst-ctys-call \
    --ip=14.14.14.14 \
    --mac=44:44:44:44:44:44 \
    --tcp=abc \
    --uuid=123412341234 \
    --vm-state=DISABLED \
    -f
  

This creates a complete clone, which just requires additional native configuration within the GuestOS.

SEE ALSO

UserManual , CommandReference , HowTo

ctys-attribute(1) , ctys-cloneVM(1) , ctys-createConfVM(1) , ctys-convertVM(1)

AUTHOR

Written and maintained by Arno-Can Uestuensoez:

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