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Suresh Kumar Anaparti updated CLOUDSTACK-10430:
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> CloudStack GSoC 2021 - Clone a Virtual Machine (with all the data disks)
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> Key: CLOUDSTACK-10430
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-10430
> Project: CloudStack
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: API
> Reporter: Suresh Kumar Anaparti
> Priority: Major
> Labels: gsoc2021, mentor
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> Hi there,
> Here is the background of the proposed improvement in the CloudStack.
> Currently, 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.
> The support for this new functionality, can be integrated by introducing 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) can be . 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.
> This improvement will be a good addition to the VM operations supported in
> the CloudStack. It requires some virtualization/cloud domain knowledge &
> usage.
> More details here: [https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/4818]
> Skills Required:
> - Java and Python
> - Vue.js (for UI integration)
>
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