Götz Reinicke wrote: > Hi, > > what would be the shortest and fastest way to clone a e.g. basic > Centos 5 guest for further use? For example I'd like to set up a > master Mysql-server as a guest an than "clone" two additional slaves. I have a lvm "template", i.e. a simple volume with the OS skeleton ( a minimal install). When I need a new VM I do - lvcreate newvolume - mkfs newvolume - mount template /mnt/source - mount newvolume /mnt/destination - cp -a /mnt/source /mnt/destination wash, rinse, repeat as needed. > > Which xen configfiles may be edited? cp /etc/xen/template /etc/xen/newVM vim /etc/xen/newVM > Can the config and the filesystem simply be copied? yes.