virt-clone Command Examples

Clone a libvirt virtual machine. More information: https://manned.org/virt-clone.

• Clone a virtual machine and automatically generate a new name, storage path, and MAC address:

virt-clone --original {{vm_name}} --auto-clone

• Clone a virtual machine and specify the new name, storage path, and MAC address:

virt-clone --original {{vm_name}} --name {{new_vm_name}} --file {{path/to/new_storage}} --mac {{ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff|RANDOM}}