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qm clone — Create a copy of virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: <https://pve

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Problem

How to use the qm clone command: Create a copy of virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_clone>.

Solution

qm clone — Create a copy of virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_clone>.

Copy a virtual machine:

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}}

Copy a virtual machine using a specific name:

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}} --name {{name}}

Copy a virtual machine using a specific descriptionn:

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}} --description {{description}}

Copy a virtual machine creating a full copy of all disks:

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}} --full

Copy a virtual machine using a specific format for file storage (requires --full):

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}} --full --format {{qcow2|raw|vmdk}}

Copy a virtual machine then add it to a specific pool:

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}} --pool {{pool_name}}

Code Snippets

Copy a virtual machine

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}}

Copy a virtual machine using a specific name

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}} --name {{name}}

Copy a virtual machine using a specific descriptionn

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}} --description {{description}}

Copy a virtual machine creating a full copy of all disks

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}} --full

Copy a virtual machine using a specific format for file storage (requires `--full`)

qm clone {{vm_id}} {{new_vm_id}} --full --format {{qcow2|raw|vmdk}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/qm clone

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