How to clone virtual machine in VirtualBox: Step-by-Step Guide

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If you want to clone virtual machine in your practice environment then this is the correct post to follow:

1.First shutdown the virtual machine if it is up and running:

How to clone virtual machine in VirtualBox: Step-by-Step Guide

2. You can clone an existing VM easily. Just right-click on the machine that you want to clone and click on the clone option.

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3. Now you have to specify a new name for the cloned machine. Here we have provided Node2 as we want to create an RAC environment. You can specify as per your requirement. The next step is to choose a Path for the cloned virtual machine, otherwise, the cloned virtual machine uses the default machines folder. The Generate New MAC Addresses For All Network Adapters value assigns new MAC addresses to each network card during cloning.

How to clone virtual machine in VirtualBox: Step-by-Step Guide

4. Congratulations! You have successfully cloned the virtual machine node1 to node2. Now you can start your new virtual machine.

How to clone virtual machine in VirtualBox: Step-by-Step Guide

Hope this article helped you to clone virtual machines in your practice environment. If you want to create a shared folder in your virtual box then you can go through the article Create a shared folder in VirtualBox.

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