Can I backup a system and load it to a Virtual Machine?
I would like to ask if someone has backup a live system to an image and later load this image to a virtual machine. If so it would be great to provide us some information about the procedure and the configuration needs to be made.
After some reading I believe that a working solution might be the following procedure :
- Create a virtual System image using a tool like CloneZilla .
- Convert the image file to a more suitable format like .ova etc
- Load the formatted file to a virtual machine using virtual box.
Thanks in regard .
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I would like to ask if someone has backup a live system to an image and later load this image to a virtual machine. If so it would be great to provide us some information about the procedure and the configuration needs to be made.
After some reading I believe that a working solution might be the following procedure :
- Create a virtual System image using a tool like CloneZilla .
- Convert the image file to a more suitable format like .ova etc
- Load the formatted file to a virtual machine using virtual box.
Thanks in regard .
Related Articles
What is the best way to clone the system and backup files in Ubuntu 18.10
How to export and import VirtualBox VM images?
Migrate from a virtual machine (VM) to a physical system
server partitioning virtualbox backup virtualization
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Search the interwebs for P2V to get some ideas... for me that yields a link from CloneZilla even: clonezilla.org/lecture-materials/016_Linux_Tag_2014_workshop/…
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5 hours ago
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You can absolutely clone a system and then load it into a virtualbox machine, I have done it. I am not sure what you mean by a "live system" though; that usually means a system booted off USB and I don't know about that. I cloned my system, then booted virtualbox into Clonezilla and read in the copy. I copied just the system partition (/), not the separate /home partition (this was basically an experiment). I had set the virtualbox partitions up first.
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
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I would like to ask if someone has backup a live system to an image and later load this image to a virtual machine. If so it would be great to provide us some information about the procedure and the configuration needs to be made.
After some reading I believe that a working solution might be the following procedure :
- Create a virtual System image using a tool like CloneZilla .
- Convert the image file to a more suitable format like .ova etc
- Load the formatted file to a virtual machine using virtual box.
Thanks in regard .
Related Articles
What is the best way to clone the system and backup files in Ubuntu 18.10
How to export and import VirtualBox VM images?
Migrate from a virtual machine (VM) to a physical system
server partitioning virtualbox backup virtualization
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I would like to ask if someone has backup a live system to an image and later load this image to a virtual machine. If so it would be great to provide us some information about the procedure and the configuration needs to be made.
After some reading I believe that a working solution might be the following procedure :
- Create a virtual System image using a tool like CloneZilla .
- Convert the image file to a more suitable format like .ova etc
- Load the formatted file to a virtual machine using virtual box.
Thanks in regard .
Related Articles
What is the best way to clone the system and backup files in Ubuntu 18.10
How to export and import VirtualBox VM images?
Migrate from a virtual machine (VM) to a physical system
server partitioning virtualbox backup virtualization
server partitioning virtualbox backup virtualization
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Search the interwebs for P2V to get some ideas... for me that yields a link from CloneZilla even: clonezilla.org/lecture-materials/016_Linux_Tag_2014_workshop/…
– Steve
5 hours ago
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You can absolutely clone a system and then load it into a virtualbox machine, I have done it. I am not sure what you mean by a "live system" though; that usually means a system booted off USB and I don't know about that. I cloned my system, then booted virtualbox into Clonezilla and read in the copy. I copied just the system partition (/), not the separate /home partition (this was basically an experiment). I had set the virtualbox partitions up first.
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
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Search the interwebs for P2V to get some ideas... for me that yields a link from CloneZilla even: clonezilla.org/lecture-materials/016_Linux_Tag_2014_workshop/…
– Steve
5 hours ago
1
You can absolutely clone a system and then load it into a virtualbox machine, I have done it. I am not sure what you mean by a "live system" though; that usually means a system booted off USB and I don't know about that. I cloned my system, then booted virtualbox into Clonezilla and read in the copy. I copied just the system partition (/), not the separate /home partition (this was basically an experiment). I had set the virtualbox partitions up first.
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
Search the interwebs for P2V to get some ideas... for me that yields a link from CloneZilla even: clonezilla.org/lecture-materials/016_Linux_Tag_2014_workshop/…
– Steve
5 hours ago
Search the interwebs for P2V to get some ideas... for me that yields a link from CloneZilla even: clonezilla.org/lecture-materials/016_Linux_Tag_2014_workshop/…
– Steve
5 hours ago
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You can absolutely clone a system and then load it into a virtualbox machine, I have done it. I am not sure what you mean by a "live system" though; that usually means a system booted off USB and I don't know about that. I cloned my system, then booted virtualbox into Clonezilla and read in the copy. I copied just the system partition (/), not the separate /home partition (this was basically an experiment). I had set the virtualbox partitions up first.
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
You can absolutely clone a system and then load it into a virtualbox machine, I have done it. I am not sure what you mean by a "live system" though; that usually means a system booted off USB and I don't know about that. I cloned my system, then booted virtualbox into Clonezilla and read in the copy. I copied just the system partition (/), not the separate /home partition (this was basically an experiment). I had set the virtualbox partitions up first.
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago
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Search the interwebs for P2V to get some ideas... for me that yields a link from CloneZilla even: clonezilla.org/lecture-materials/016_Linux_Tag_2014_workshop/…
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You can absolutely clone a system and then load it into a virtualbox machine, I have done it. I am not sure what you mean by a "live system" though; that usually means a system booted off USB and I don't know about that. I cloned my system, then booted virtualbox into Clonezilla and read in the copy. I copied just the system partition (/), not the separate /home partition (this was basically an experiment). I had set the virtualbox partitions up first.
– Organic Marble
5 hours ago