Cloning a VM isn't transferring the Network portion...

fbeye · Jan 22nd 2026

.. and not sure if this is normal.

I will say, I have only tried with the virtio adapter... It is a debian install. using the bridge network that OMV core uses. In the VM all is up and running and can connect to the internet and is set for static. When I reboot it, all is fine. But when I boot/load the clone [and i delete the original] it boots with no network adapter programmed inside.

ryecoaaron · Jan 22nd 2026

Quote from fbeye

it boots with no network adapter programmed inside.

What does this mean? There is no network adapter in the XML or your VM isn't getting an address? When a VM is cloned, it gets a new mac address.

When I clone a VM, these are the only lines that are different in the xml

Code

aaron@omv8dev:/etc/libvirt/qemu$ sudo diff test1.xml test2.xml 
4c4
<   virsh edit test1
---
>   virsh edit test2
9,10c9,10
<   <name>test1</name>
<   <uuid>ea653111-decb-43b4-9497-7da68a42b4ac</uuid>
---
>   <name>test2</name>
>   <uuid>0f96cc1d-7e29-49ec-a306-0ec41d7677c2</uuid>
46c46
<       <source file='/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-363694b9-263d-4dfe-9501-af3044175f78/vm/test1.qcow2'/>
---
>       <source file='/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-363694b9-263d-4dfe-9501-af3044175f78/vm/test2.qcow2'/>
131c131
<       <mac address='52:54:00:17:b3:ce'/>
---
>       <mac address='52:54:00:ff:28:0d'/>

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fbeye · Jan 22nd 2026

Hard to say, I will need to go home to get exact data but when I do 'ip a' it only shows localhost.

ryecoaaron · Jan 22nd 2026

That is a likely a guest OS problem not a cloning problem.

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