[PVE-User] Script for copying VMs?

[Dietmar Maurer]

> Of course you can use vzdump and vzrestore but I'd prefer not to create an
> intermediary TAR.

With vzdump/qmrestore -stdio capabilities you can also simplify cloning.

vzdump --stdout --snapshot 101 | qmrestore --unique - 102

see: http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/4996-consistent-frozen-kvm-backup-with-vzdump

The new vzdump is currently in the pvetest repository. Feel free to test.

- Dietmar