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Clone a Zone

Cloning a zone lets you configure and install a new zone by copying the data from an existing zone. The zone that you are cloning must be halted for the Clone operation to be available. You cannot perform this operation for global zones or when a zone is in the configured or running state.

To clone a zone

1. Right-click a zone on the Explore pane and select Management, Clone.

   The Cloning pane appears.

2. Complete the following fields in the Target pane and click Clone.

   Name

   Specifies the name of the zone to which you want to copy the cloned information.

   Path

   Specifies the file path of the zone to which you want to copy the cloned information.

   A confirmation message appears.

3. Click the Summary tab for the zone host.

   An event confirming the result of the operation appears in the dashboard. The cloned zone appears in the Explore pane under its containing host when the operation completes.