The reason I am using “linked” clones is because I am installing my lab environment on an SSD drive. This article, we will be setting up a few servers using the linked clone feature available in VirtualBox. Then, click Create.In the previous article, we prepped our vm and compacted the. On this stage, select the option Use an existing virtual hard drive file. Recommended to use the suggested memory size but if your system is powerful – you can assign more, it’s up to you! Click Next. Key in the name and operating system as same with the source system.
So now, open the Oracle VirtualBox and click on New (CTRL + N). VBOXMANAGE.EXE internalcommands sethduuid "F:\VM\ITsiti_new.vdi"
“F:\VM\ITsiti_new.vdi” is the path of your newly copied Virtual Disk Image from the above step. Next, go to the VirtualBox installation directory, (example – C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox) and execute the following command. Once the cloning process completed, you will see the clone system from the virtual machine list.Ĭopy the source Virtual Disk Image to a new name. You can read the clone type description from below screenshots. Please check the option, Reinitialize the MAC address of all network cards. By default, VirtualBox will define the name “clone” at the end of the source (original) virtual machine. You can also use keyboard shortcut, CTRL + O.Įnter the new virtual machine name. Select the source (original) virtual machine and go to Machine > Clone. You can follow the method you liked!īefore you start the cloning, make sure you have stop all the applications and shutdown the virtual machine. In this tutorial, we have provide 2 methods of cloning the virtual machine. This tutorial will show you on how to clone a virtual machine using Oracle VirtualBox.
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