A.17 clone Vm

A.17 clone Vm
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Clones a virtual machine or template to a new virtual machine or template.

clone Vm instance destType= { Vm | VmTemplate } destName=value serverPool=value

Where instance is:

{ id=id | name=name }

This command clones a virtual machine or template to a new virtual machine or template.

The following table shows the available options for this command.

Option	Description
`destType=` { `Vm` \| `VmTemplate` }	The object to create from the virtual machine, either a virtual machine or a template.
`destName=value`	The name of the cloned virtual machine or template.
`serverPool=value`	The server pool on which to deploy the cloned virtual machine or template.
{ `id=id` \| `name=name` }	The instance of the object using either the `id` or `name` option, for example `name=MyVMTemplate`.

Example A.21 Cloning a virtual machine to a virtual machine

OVM> clone Vm name=MyVM destType=Vm destName=MyNewVM serverPool=MyServerPool

Example A.22 Cloning a virtual machine to a template

OVM> clone Vm name=MyVM destType=VmTemplate destName=MyVMTemplate serverPool=MyServerPool

Example A.23 Cloning a template to a virtual machine

OVM> clone Vm name=MyVM destType=Vm destName=MyNewVM serverPool=MyServerPool

Example A.24 Cloning a template to a template

OVM> clone Vm name=MyVM destType=VmTemplate destName=MyVMTemplate serverPool=MyServerPool

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