Virt-clone

virt-clone command is inclueed in Ubuntu in virtinst package.

• virt-clone --original ORIGIN_MACHINE --name NEW_MACHINE --auto-clone
• hostnamectl set-hostname NEW_SERVER_NAME

virt-clone --original ORIGIN_MACHINE --name NEW_MACHINE --auto-clone
ERROR    Disk /path/to/file.qcow2 is already in use by other guests ['OTHER_MACHINE']. (Use --check path_in_use=off or --check all=off to override)

Solution:
virsh undefine OTHER_MACHINE

Related commands

• virt-sysprep (libguestfs-tools package)
• virsh edit

Activities

• Clone a virtual machine using https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-clone-existing-kvm-virtual-machine-images-on-linux/ as reference

See also

• KVM, Installation, QEMU, virsh, virtinst, libguestfs-tools, libvirt, qemu, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), MacVTap, Virtio, oVirt, KVM services, KVM networking, KVM graphics, CPU, KVM on ARM