Clone Linode -> Boot Original
I've just created a new Linode in the London DC and cloned my original Linode to it. Before you can clone a Linode it needs to be shut down, so I shut it down and initiated the clone.
Once the clone is initiated you can power the original linode back up, but that made me wonder why I had to shut it down in the first place. I can imagine a few things, but why could I fire it back up again while the cloning was in progress?
Oh well, inpatient as I am, I fired the original up expecting that since this is possible a snapshot of the disks is being copied over to London, but I don't know for sure… And I like being sure…
So: should I learn to be more patient or will this Just Work™
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caker
Linode Staff
Hope that helps,
-Chris
The cloning is queued on the new Linode so I've issued a boot job for the new Linode. But I cannot queue the boot of the original Linode since there are no jobs in the queue. Since a powered down Linode is more or less a requirement maybe you could make it so that a full Linode clone takes up a spot in the queue or add the option to power the VM back on after the clone completes in the clone form?
