qm clone

Create a copy of virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html.

• Copy a virtual machine:

qm copy vm_id new_vm_id

• Copy a virtual machine using a specific name:

qm copy vm_id new_vm_id --name name

• Copy a virtual machine using a specific descriptionn:

qm copy vm_id new_vm_id --description description

• Copy a virtual machine creating a full copy of all disks:

qm copy vm_id new_vm_id --full

• Copy a virtual machine using a specific format for file storage (requires --full):

qm copy vm_id new_vm_id --full --format qcow2|raw|vmdk

• Copy a virtual machine then add it to a specific pool:

qm copy vm_id new_vm_id --pool pool_name