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Unlink linked clone?

Posted: 12. Aug 2012, 23:15
by Quad4
Is it possible to unlink a linked clone? I've searched but cannot find an answer.

If I Full Clone a Linked Clone, will the full clone actually have both the base+linked clone? Also couldn't find an answer to that.

Virtualbox is amazing! Thanks Oracle! :D

Re: Unlink linked clone?

Posted: 13. Aug 2012, 11:35
by mpack
I don't use linked clones, but I believe that a full clone of one will produce an independant clone.

Be aware however that creating a linked clone modifies the original as well as the clone (they will both be using a difference image relative to a frozen base disk), so it isn't only the linked clone that needs to be "fixed", it's the original VM too, assuming your goal is to get rid of dependencies between VMs.

Re: Unlink linked clone?

Posted: 13. Aug 2012, 15:04
by Quad4
Thanks, mpack.