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Clone & Deep Rename

Cold clone with verified copy or instant ReFS block clone, and a reversible rename of VM, folder and disks.

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The problem

Hyper-V's Export/Import gives no progress, no verification and no way to rename a VM's files. People copy VHDX files by hand and break checkpoint chains.

Features

  • ReFS block clone makes a 200 GB clone take seconds
  • Unbuffered verified copy on NTFS with resume
  • New VM ID, new MACs, rewired checkpoint parents
  • Deep rename moves config, folders and disks in one transaction with an undo script
  • Blockers shown before anything starts: running, Replica, shared disks

Who it is for

Trainer

One golden image, twenty student copies

Clones a prepared Windows VM into 20 classroom copies before a course, each with a new ID and MAC, in the time it takes to make coffee.

Sysadmin

Safety copy before a major ERP upgrade

Clones the ERP VM, runs the upgrade, and when it fails boots the verified clone in minutes instead of restoring from backup.

MSP engineer

Tidying a messy lab

Renames 'New Virtual Machine (3)' to CLIENT-SQL-TEST together with its folder and VHDX files, with an undo script written first.

Benefits

  1. Clone in seconds on ReFS instead of hours
  2. Rename a VM, its folder and its disks without breaking checkpoint chains or IDs
  3. Every clone is verified, so a bad copy is caught before it is ever booted

Built to be trusted

  • Every step verified by hash before the next starts
  • Automatic rollback on failure, undo script written first
  • Files shared with other VMs are never touched

Good to know

Shipped. Hot clone of a running VM waits for the VSS and RCT engine in a later release.

Under the hood

For technical readers
  • FSCTL_DUPLICATE_EXTENTS_TO_FILE via P/Invoke
  • HiveCode.CopyEngine unbuffered overlapped I/O
  • Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService ImportSystemDefinition and MigrateVirtualSystemToHost
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Ask us about Clone & Deep Rename

Clone & Deep Rename is ready today. Contact our team and we will help you get started.

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