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Azure VM Cloner

Do you need to move your Azure VMs from Azure Service Manager to Azure Resource Manager? Or do you need to clone your Azure VMs?

Azure VM Cloner – Quickly and Easily Clone your Azure VMs

Azure VM Cloner Main Screen

Do you need to migrate your VMs within Azure from Azure Service Manager to Azure Resource Manager?

Maybe you need to clone one of your Azure VMs fast and easily?

Perhaps you need to create a clone of your VM (to be used like a snapshot) while you patch or upgrade components of your server and avoid having issues with a risky upgrade?

If you answered YES to any of these, then the Azure VM Cloner (AVMC) is the tool for you.

How to clone an Azure VM

Using the Azure VM Cloner

Open the Azure Virtual Machine Cloner.

Azure VM Cloner Main Screen

Connect to your Azure Subscription

AVMC connects to your Microsoft Azure subscriptions and allows you to view all of your virtual machines within Azure.

Select the Azure VM you wish to Clone

You simply select the VM you wish to clone, then click NEXT.

Azure VM Cloning VM List

Any Azure additional disks required to be cloned

If you have any additional disks attached to your Azure VMs, you will prompted if you wish to clone those disks too.

Clone Azure VM Disks

Target Azure Subscription

Next you choose the target subscription, the target resource group and the target location, then click NEXT.

Target Azure Subscription

Destination Azure Storage Account

Select the destination Storage Account and click Next.

destination storage account

Destination Azure Virtual Network

Select the destination Storage Account and click Next.

destination vnet

Cloned Azure VM Name and VM Size

Select Destination VM name and size and select Post Completion Options cloned azure vm size

Cloning Azure Virtual Machine Progress

The Azure VM Cloner (AVMC) will now start the cloning process. The console window as shown above shows the status of the cloning activity.

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Azure VM Cloning Completed

The console window continues to display the output of the cloning of your Azure VMs.

azure vm clone complete

Azure VM Cloning Email Alert

Once completed, you will receive an email showing the status of the cloning.

That’s all there is to it. A simple and easy way to clone your Azure VMs See the Azure Virtual Machine Cloner in action and clone your Azure VMs quick and easily today..

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