November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
494 pages
14h 29m
English
When deploying multiple VMs with identical configuration, creating them individually can become a time-consuming process. In such cases, we can clone an existing VM or a template. Cloning creates a fully independent VM with identical configuration. The cloned VM is in no way connected to the VM it was cloned from. The cloning option can be accessed from the context menu by right-clicking on the VM to be cloned:

One of the uses of cloning a VM is backup strategy. A VM can be cloned regularly to separate nodes, even on separate storage. In the event that the main node becomes inaccessible, the cloned VM can be up and running ...
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