Clone a VM

This topic describes how to clone a VM in the KubeSphere Virtualization (KSV) web console.

Prerequisites

The user that you use has been granted the permissions to manage VMs. Only user admin, project administrators, and operators can manage VMs. Project viewers can view only VMs in the projects to which they belong.

Procedure

1. Log in to the KSV web console.

2. In the top navigation bar, click Virtual Resources to go to the management page of virtual resources.

3. In the left-side navigation pane, choose VMs > VMs to go to the VM management page.

4. On the VMs page, find the VM that you want to manage, right-click on the blank area to open the shortcuts for VM operations, and then select Clone from the drop-down list.

5. In the dialog box that appears, configure parameters for the VM to clone.

   Parameter	Description
   Name	The custom name of the VM to clone. The name can contain only lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens (-), and must start and end with a lowercase letter or a digit. The name can contain up to 16 characters in length.
   Quantity	The number of VMs that you want to clone. You can clone up to 50 VMs at a time.
   Description	(Optional) The description of the VM to clone. The description can be up to 128 characters in length. The character types of the description are unlimited.

6. Click OK. The VM appears in the VM list after it is cloned.