Copying a Guest implies creating the same Guest as a new Guest identical to the original one. The disk image associated to the original Guest will also be duplicated. In order to perform this action, the original Guest must not be associated to any Pool.The flexVM Client
flexVDI Dashboard allows to copy a Guest in a quick and easy way. Open Just open the context menu from of the Guest you want to copy, and select "Copy"
A new window will be displayed. You must provide a name to the original Guest along with its description. You can also copy the original Guest UUID. Once you're done, press "Finish".
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When you select Copy UUID, an identical copy of the virtual machine is being performed. The flexVM hypervisor won't know if it's the original virtual machine or a copy, and both machines won't be able to execute at the same time. |
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will be created. This is useful to back up machines, that will be used to replace the original machine, but can be problematic if both Guests are used at the same time. as there is software that uses the uuid as an identifier to distinguish one machine from another one. |
In the left area of the main window of flexVDI Dashboard, you'll see the new copy of the Guest that . It will be assigned to the same Pool as the original machine.
