https://wiki.openvz.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Joshmarshall 2026-06-13T19:09:54Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.31.1 https://wiki.openvz.org/index.php?title=Cloning_VE&diff=3026 2007-04-18T03:38:39Z

<p>Joshmarshall: Change copy to use tar - keeps permissions intact, add change ip address</p> <hr /> <div>If you need to create an exact copy of an existing VE, these are the steps to make.<br /> <br /> # OLDVE=222 NEWVE=333 # Just an example<br /> # vzctl stop $OLDVE<br /> # mkdir /vz/root/$NEWVE<br /> # cp /etc/vz/conf/$OLDVE.conf /etc/vz/conf/$NEWVE.conf<br /> # mkdir /vz/private/$NEWVE<br /> # pushd /vz/private/$OLDVE; tar c --numeric-owner * | tar x --numeric-owner -C /vz/private/$NEWVE; popd<br /> # vi /etc/vz/conf/$NEWVE.conf # Change the IP_ADDRESS<br /> # vzctl start $NEWVE; vzctl start $OLDVE<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=tree&amp;th=878&amp;mid=4749&amp;<br /> The relevant services, particularly when the mySQLd encounters timeout errors, follow the following thread:<br /> * http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=tree&amp;goto=8481&amp;#msg_8481<br /> <br /> [[Category:HOWTO]]</div>

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