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  <title>Cloning a Cloud VM</title>
  
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    <p>When you clone a cloud VM, a copy of the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> instance for the cloud VM
      is created and associated with the new cloud VM. </p>
    <p>Perform the following steps to clone a cloud VM: </p>
    <ol>
      <li>
        <p>Click a cloud profile in the <b outputclass="bold">OCI</b> group. </p>
        <p>The cloud VMs for the selected cloud profile are displayed. </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>Right-click the cloud VM you want to clone and select <b outputclass="bold">Clone</b>. </p>
        <p>The <b outputclass="bold">Clone Name</b> dialog is displayed. </p>
        <p>Enter a name for the clone.</p>
        <p>The name you enter is also used as the display name for the related 
          <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> instance. The default name for the clone
          consists of the <codeph>_clone</codeph> suffix appended to the original name. For example,
            <codeph>ol9-dev_clone</codeph>.</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>Click <b>OK</b> to create the clone and the related <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> instance.
          The new instance is started automatically.</p>   
        <p>The new cloud VM is shown in the <b outputclass="bold">OCI</b> group in <uicontrol>Machines</uicontrol> in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>.</p>
      </li>
    </ol>
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