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Questions tagged [cloning]

Creating an almost identical copy, for example of a computer installation or a hard disk.

The process of creating one ore more almost identical copies of a single ancestor.

Cloning may refer to creating copies of datastores, like hard disks, but also of a physical computer installation or a virtual machine installation, including operating system, installed software and stored data.

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Cloning a machine after SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installation

We're rolling out laptops to some of our staff that will require SQL Server 2008 R2 Express be installed. We'd naturally prefer to do the setup of the laptops (including the installation SQL Express) once and then clone it to the other 50 or so…
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What does sysprep with the generalize option do on Windows Server 2008 R2?

I want to create a template of Windows Server 2008 R2 for virtualization. Therefore I use the sysprep tool by Microsoft. This works fine. I just wonder what the generalize option is good for. Thanks
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When trying to copy a virtual disk in VMware vSphere client, I get an errror

I'm pretty new to all the VMware world, so this is probably mainly a question about the right set of documentation to look at. I'm trying to clone/copy a VM that I installed on an ESXi installation. I was trying to follow along with the top example…
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IIS 6 SSL breaks after VMware clone with customization

I have a template Win2k3 machine with IIS 6 installed with a valid SSL certificate. The https site works perfectly. However, after cloning this machine from Virtual Center and applying a unique SID customization, the https site no longer works. IIS…
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Copy VM with Import-VM or New-VM?

I am writing a PowerShell script to clone existing hyper-v VMs/ create new VMs based on a template. Where ever I look the cmdlets Export-VM and Import-VM are used. However the cmdlet New-VM has the option to use an existing VHD aswell. Wouldn't just…
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centos7 xfs lmv cloning on smaller device

I'm going to repropose a question posted on stackoverflow a week ago, I'm sorry if someone found this spam but I still need help to solve this issue. I thought it could be useful also for others. First of all, I have a server based on Centos7 which…
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Do I need to use Sysprep to clone VMs on my personal lab?

I’m a programmer and I’m trying to build up my personal Lab. I have a machine with Hyper-V Standalone Server 2012 R2 installed. I need to create VMs which will be used for testing applications, creating small virtual networks for learning Networking…
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Cloning linux to different machines (with different hardware configurations)

Let's say i have already configured linux system which i would like to clone from machine it's on to other machines which aren't similar - don't have the same hardware, etc. How do i achieve this? I was thinking about doing hd copy and then copying…
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Why did cloning my Amazon EC2 node set off automatically generating a new ssh host key pair?

My normal backup process is to create a new AMI from an EC2 instance I have running Amazon's linux. This is convenient because the EC2 console automatically shuts down the node , makes a copy and brings the old node back up. The odd thing is that…
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How to create multiple clones of a VM in KVM/libvirt?

I (will) have a VM in libvirt (using QEMU/KVM) that I will set up and consider the "gold master". I would then like to be able to clone it 'n' times to create multiple systems. What is the best way to do this, and how best to "individualize" the…
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Removing a cloned virtual machine from an AD domain

Scenario: we're in the process of setting up central virtualised server that acts as a demonstration environment. This VM (running Windows 7) will be cloned and put on sales laptops so demonstrations can be done "in the field" - using a VM allows us…
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Will cloning windows drive to put in VM on same hardware require re-activation/re-licensing?

I want to clone a Windows hard drive and use it for a Virtual Machine on the same hardware. Basically I want to swap the main OS for the machine to run a stable Linux OS and have the Windows OS run within a virtual machine for those times it will be…
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Is it possible to pass information (e.g. updates) from hyper-v base vm to differencing vms?

Hi everybody (first post, so please don't kill me), I have a hyper-v host which contains several vms (Server 2016, W10). Right now, I have to update (e.g. windows update) every single one of them. My question: Is it possible to have a "base"…
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Ubuntu 17.04 virt-clone ERROR missing source information for device sdx

I am on Ubuntu 17.04 server using KVM I tried to clone a vm after stopping it... I actually could not do a shutdown, so I did a destroy. visrh destroy origVM Then I tried cloning using: virt-clone --original origVM --name conleVM --file…
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Windows XP environment that is reproducable

I want to set up a Windows XP environment that can be copied directly with the following properties: Same programs/settings installed on all of the instances Only things differing are necessary things (like network settings; IP and MAC…
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