Creating a disk image

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A user image is a disk image of a virtual machine, which is used to create new virtual machines or as a backup copy. There are two ways to create a new image.

Note

When creating a user image, the /home directory will be deleted from it.

Creating from the list of images

Follow the steps below:

Go to VM images → Add.
Select a Virtual machine to create a copy of its disk.
The New image name will be generated automatically in the following format: <virtual machine name>_<current time in UNIX format>.
Add Note if needed.
Select the users who can Access the newly created image: Owner or All.
Click on Create.

Creating from the list of virtual machines or from a virtual machine page

Follow the steps below:

Go to Virtual machines → menu → Create VM image or go to a virtual machine page → menu → Create VM image.
Specify the New image name.
Add Notes if needed.
Select the users who can Access the newly created image: Owner or All.
Click on Create.

Note

Any network setting used on the current virtual machine will not be transferred to the image of a new VM. It only remembers the number of IP addresses used. New available IPs will be assigned to a new virtual machine after it has been created from an image.

The article was last updated on 10.05.2022. The article was prepared by technical writers of ISPsystem.