Cloning an Instance

To clone an instance, create a snapshot of the instance. A machine image is created. Add this new machine image to an image list, and then use it to create a new instance.

Task	REST API Call
1. Create a snapshot request, which in turn creates a machine image to preserve all the changes made in the instance since launch. Note down the multi-part name of the snapshot request and the three-part name of the machine image. This information will be required in the next steps.	add snapshot
2. Check the progress of the asynchronous snapshot request.	get snapshot
3. After the state of the snapshot request changes from `active` to `complete`, verify that a machine image has been created.	get machineimage
3. Create an image list.	image-list add
4. Add the image that was created by the snapshot as an entry in the image list that you just created.	image-list-entry add
5. (Optional) Create a boot disk using the image that you added.	storage-volume add (with the `bootable` parameter set to `True`)
6. (Optional) If you created a boot disk using the image, then check whether the boot disk is created.	storage-volume get After the volume is created, the `status` field shows `online`.

You can now create instances by using this image. See Creating Instances Using an Orchestration.