sureshanaparti opened a new issue #4818:
URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/4818
## Background
There is no straight way to clone / create a copy of the VM (with all the
data disks) in CloudStack. Operator/Admin requires a series of steps/API cmds
to be followed to achieve that in CloudStack, and also it takes considerable
time (to wait and check each cmd response before proceeding to next step). Some
hypervisors (Eg. VMware) already supports clone VM operation, and CloudStack
can leverage that.
## Proposed Tasks
- Introduce a new (admin-only) API to clone the VM, something like
_cloneVirtualMachine_ , which facilitates direct way to clone / create a copy
of the VM (with all the data disks). CloudStack internally performs all the
required operations to create the copy of the VM (leverages the relevant
hypervisor(s) operations if necessary), and returns the VM as response when
success, otherwise throws the relevant error message.
- Add the support in the CloudStack UI.
## Relevant Skills
- Java, Python, Vue.js
- Understanding of CloudStack operations (for VM, Volume)
## Proposed Mentor
Suresh Anaparti - development
Any developer from the community - coding issues
## Difficulty
Medium
### Example and references
##### ISSUE TYPE
- Feature Idea
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