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| =head1 NAME
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| B<clonevm> - Create masters from virtual machines and virtual machines from masters.
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| =head1 SYNOPSIS
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| B<clonevm> I<noderange> [ B<-t> I<master_to_be_made> | B<-b> I<master_to_base_vms_upon> ]  [ B<-d|--detached>]  [B<-f|--force>]
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| =head1 DESCRIPTION
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| Command to promote a VM's current configuration and storage to a master as well as
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| performing the converse operation of creating VMs based on a master.
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| By default, attempting to create a master from a running VM will produce an error.
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| The B<--force> argument will request that a master be made of the VM anyway.
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| Also, by default a VM that is used to create a master will be rebased as a thin
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| clone of that master. If the B<--force> argument is used to create a master of a powered
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| on vm, this will not be done.  Additionally, the B<--detached> option can be used to
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| explicitly request that a clone not be tethered to a master image, allowing the
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| clones to not be tied to the health of a master, at the cost of additional storage.
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| When promoting a VM's current state to master, all related virtual disks will be
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| copied and merged with any prerequisite images.  A master will not be tethered to
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| other masters.
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| =head1 OPTIONS
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| =over 4
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| =item B<-h|--help>
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| Display usage message.
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| =item B<-b> I<master_to_base_vms_upon>
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| The master to base the clones upon
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| =item B<-t> I<master_to_be_made>
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| The target master to copy a single VM's state to
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| =item B<-d|--detached>
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| Explicitly request that the noderange be untethered from any masters.
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| =item B<-f|--force>
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| Force cloning of a powered on VM.  Implies B<-d> if the VM is on.
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| =item B<-v|--version>
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| Command Version.
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| =item B<-V|--verbose>
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| Verbose output.
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| =back
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| =head1 RETURN VALUE
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| 0: The command completed successfully.
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| Any other value: An error has occurred.
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| =head1 EXAMPLES
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| =over 3
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| =item 1.
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| Creating a master named I<appserver> from a node called I<vm1>:
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|  clonevm vm1 -t appserver
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| =item 2.
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| Cleating 30 VMs from a master named I<appserver>:
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|  clonevm vm1-vm30 -b appserver
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| =back
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| =head1 FILES
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| /opt/xcat/bin/clonevm
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| =head1 SEE ALSO
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| L<chvm(1)|chvm.1>, L<lsvm(1)|lsvm.1>, L<rmvm(1)|rmvm.1>, L<mkvm(1)|mkvm.1>, L<vmmaster(5)|vmmaster.5>
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