Clone XenServer virtual machine

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In this article we are going to explain how to clone (copy) a virtual machine from one storage to another. In this example we are going to copy a server with an ISCSI network shared storage

Para ello deberemos apagar la maquina la cual vamos a clonar.

We access the XenCenter client, We position ourselves on the server → right click → Copy VM…

We assign a name and select the storage to copy.

If everything has gone correctly, the new machine should appear already cloned.

From the XenServer console

We list the virtual machines. In this case we will clone the Debian machine

Bash

[root@xenserver01 ~]#  xe vm-list 

uuid ( RO)           :87dc7b1b-1054-db4a-9bdd-fb8a61244648

name-label ( RW): Debian

power-state ( RO): halted

We obtain the UUID of the storage where the virtual machine is hosted

Bash

[root@xenserver01 ~]#  xe sr-list
uuid ( RO)               :34cfa64d-c972-a2c1-2a38-c6dbe8a56e33

name-label ( RW): iSCSI virtual disk storage

name-description ( RW): iSCSI SR [192.168.1.21 (iqn.2011-03.org.example.istgt:datastorexen; LUN 0: 08002746901d030: 30 GB (FreeBSD))]

host ( RO): xenserver01

type ( RO): lvmoiscsi

content-type ( RO):

Command syntax:

text

xe vm-copy vm=<Nombre maquina virtual a copiar> sr-uuid=<UUID o  SR de la maquina o almacenamiento a ser copiado> new-name-label=<nombre del clonado> new-name-description=»Breve descripción»

We proceed to clone the server

Bash

[root@xenserver01 ~]# xe vm-copy vm=Debian sr-uuid=34cfa64d-c972-a2c1-2a38-c6dbe8a56e33 new-name-label=Debian_Clon new-name-description=»Clon maquina virtual Debian»

b8315ced-bd12-e600-6651-a46d8aa2608e

Once finished, the server copy should appear.

Bash

[root@xenserver01 ~]# xe vm-list
uuid ( RO)           : b8315ced-bd12-e600-6651-a46d8aa2608e

name-label ( RW): Debian_Clon

power-state ( RO): halted

Regards, rokitoh

:wq!

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