zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 9:48 AM

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Do you use a VM for HA in both locations already?

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If you do then ...

what VM software?

zealous laurel · 2024-06-10T09:48:00.036Z

How can I clone a VM ? | Home Assistant | Page 1

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 11:31 AM

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Yeah I use a VM for HA on my personal PC and I would like to clone it on the PC admistrator. I use VirtualBox (sorry was eating)

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 11:34 AM

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https://docs.oracle.com/en/virtualization/virtualbox/6.0/user/clone.html

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 11:51 AM

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For MAC address policy, since they won't have the same network, I won't chose "Generate New MAC Addresses For All Network Adapters" but between "Include every MAC address of the network" or "Include only MAC address of the NAT network" ? I don't really understand the difference ...

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 11:54 AM

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You've moving between networks, you can use option 2

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 11:55 AM

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NAT ?

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 11:56 AM

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Include every MAC address of the network

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 11:56 AM

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ok boss !

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and then how do I transfer this clone to my PC ? I see the clone on virtualBox on my personal PC but I don't know how do I put it on my USB key and then being able to power it up on the other PC without needing internet

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Because I found the .vdi of the clone but I'm afraid I will need internet when i'll download it on the other PC like my first problem

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 12:11 PM

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wraith vault and then how do I transfer this clone to my PC ? I see the clone on virtualBox o...

Copy the file over

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 12:12 PM

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wraith vault Because I found the .vdi of the clone but I'm afraid I will need internet when i...

As long as no integration needs cloud access it'll be fine

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 12:12 PM

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okay i'll try that thanks again boss

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 12:13 PM

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You'll want to copy every file in the cloned folder over, not just the .vdi

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 12:17 PM

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okay but what do I do with the other files ? I'm used to create a new VM with the .vdi file so I don't know where to put the other ones. I think I'm asking idiot questions 😩

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 12:21 PM

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Zip up the entire folder, copy over the zip, extract the zip, point VBox at the extracted folder

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 12:23 PM

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okkkkkkkkkkk

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:22 PM

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It’s working !!! Let’s gooo

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I need internet to access it from my browser ?

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:24 PM

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Well, you need networking to access it

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:28 PM

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But the VM and my browser are on the same network since they are on the same PC aren’t they ?

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:29 PM

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Ok... are you actually having a problem?

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Because nothing you've posted says you are

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:31 PM

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I’ve tried to put the HA url it gave me on internet explorer on the same PC but it’s not working, I would assume it’s because I don’t have internet, and if I want to access it I need to use internet on a PC in the same network no ?

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:32 PM

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What URL?

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:34 PM

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Http://homeassistant.local:8123

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:34 PM

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That only works if the network supports mDNS

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Probably it doesn't

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Use the LAN IP (and port)

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:35 PM

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What LAN IP ?

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:36 PM

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The one for your HAOS VM

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:37 PM

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Oh the IPv4 address ?

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:37 PM

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Yes

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:38 PM

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I put homeassistant.local:IPv4 ?

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:38 PM

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No

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http://192.168.0.42:8123

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:40 PM

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Damn still doesn’t work 😭

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:40 PM

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did you use the address shown in the HA console?

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did it get that from DHCP?

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:41 PM

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Yeah xd

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I don’t know what is DHCP … but it says « IPv4 addresses for enp0s3: 10.0.2.15/24 » and I used this one

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:42 PM

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Does your computer have an address starting 10.0.2.?

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:45 PM

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Oh no it means I forgot the bridge ahhhh

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Okay ive put it but now it doesn’t give me the IPv4 addresses anymore … what can I do ?

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:56 PM

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Make sure the network you connected the VM to has a DHCP server

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VBox can provide that on virtual networks, otherwise ask the network admin

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 1:58 PM

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If I don’t have a DHCP server, I need to ask to the network admin to provide me an IP address? I already know the address of my PC so I don’t really understand the goal or what I need to ask him

zealous laurel Jun 10, 2024, 1:59 PM

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DHCP is how computers get an address automatically

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Your VM needs an address

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Either you have to not bridge it to the network and use a virtual network

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OR you need an address from the network admin, manually or by DHCP

wraith vault Jun 10, 2024, 2:00 PM

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Oh okay i understand thanks a lot, I’ll will ask him

wraith vault Jun 17, 2024, 12:40 PM

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When I clone a VM, after zip it, put on my usb key, extract the zip, What do I do on Virtual Box. Do I "add" a new VM thanks to the extract file but I can only add the .vbox file ? Or do I create a "New" VM thanks to the vbi file in the extract file ? Because When I do the first option I have a strange error. And when I do "New" it works. The thing is for me I don't take every file of my extract file so for me it's not good no ?

zealous laurel Jun 17, 2024, 12:51 PM

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You zip up the whole VM folder

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You then extract every file

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Then you use the add option in VBox

wraith vault Jun 17, 2024, 12:59 PM

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As I said, when I do "add", I can only take the .vbox file. And then when I try to power it up, it just doesn't power up, the error is : "Nonexistent host networking interface"

zealous laurel Jun 17, 2024, 12:59 PM

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So change the interface?

wraith vault Jun 17, 2024, 1:00 PM

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I would love to but I don't know how to do it, I found in the settings User interface but I don't know what to do next and if it's here I can change the host networking interface

zealous laurel Jun 17, 2024, 1:02 PM

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VBox -> VM -> Settings -> Network

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https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html

wraith vault Jun 17, 2024, 1:03 PM

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zealous laurel VBox -> VM -> Settings -> Network

Yes I know this one but I can only change the name of the bridge adapter...

wraith vault Jun 17, 2024, 1:03 PM

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zealous laurel VBox -> VM -> Settings -> Network

oops sorry

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didnt mean to ping you

zealous laurel Jun 17, 2024, 1:04 PM

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The "name" is the adapter it uses

wraith vault Jun 17, 2024, 1:07 PM

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Yes but neither of the 2 I can put works, One says "Nonexistent host networking interface" and the other one says "cpum#1:X86_CPUID_FEATURE_ECX_PCID is not supported by the host but has already exposted to the guest

zealous laurel Jun 17, 2024, 1:10 PM

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Well... sounds like you need to head over to the VBox forums and get help with VBox

#How can I clone a VM ?

what VM software?