VM Cloning at version 5.6?

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Hello,

I would like to check does VM cloning features is available at version 5.6? If no, what any recommend method to do?

I have read some user doing snapshot and then build new VM by snapshot. However, its looks that require manual task.

Thanks!

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Same question here - I have a running production VM, and I would like to try an OS upgrade by cloning the whole VM (without shutting it down, obviously) and trying the upgrade on a newly created throwaway clone.

So far I was able to click on “Save as” on all the disks of that production VM (which itself is not atomic, Save As takes a lot of time, so the inter-dependencies between the disks are obviously broken). And then create a new VM on top of these disks.

I think ONe should be able to use snapshots for this - AFAIK CEPH supports writable snapshots, and the snapshot can be created almost instantly. Can I have a disk which is USED_PERS by another VM, and attach its snapshot to a different VM?

-Yenya