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    Clonezilla disk images

    v21.12.15

    This procedure covers how to make and restore disk image copies from physical machines to local usb devices, with partition and disk imaging/cloning program Clonezilla.

    For more information see: https://clonezilla.org/

    Prerequisites

    • Download Clonezilla .iso file from https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php
    • Generate Clonezilla USB boot flash disk from .iso file (Use balenaEtcher software in MacOS)
    • External USB disk with enough capacity for disk images

    Set-up Clonezilla Imaging environment

    Boot from Clonezilla USB

    • Plug Clonezilla USB boot flash disk into the machine

    • Connect IPMI interface to your network

    • Login to IPMI

    • Start a remote console: In Remote Control -> iKVM/HTML5 start a remote console

    • Open virtual keyboard: If necessary, open a virtual keyboard pressing the button down left

    • Start the machine: Execute Power Control -> Set Power On to start the machine

    • Enter in Boot Menu: Press <F11> to invoke Boot Menu when prompted

    • Select Flash disk boot device and boot the machine

    • Select Other modes of Clonezilla Live

    • Select Clonezilla live (To RAM. Boot media can be removed later)

    • Select Select en-US as language

    • Select Accept default keyboard layout

    • The boot process finishes in Start Clonezilla window.

      NOTE:: You can unplug now the USB Clonezilla boot flash disk and plug the external USB disk with images storage.

    Select device-image mode and mount local image storage

    This procedure selects device-image mode and mounts local USB external disk as repository for images.

    • Start Clonezilla after boot procedure

    • Select device-image to work with disk or partition using images

    • Select local_dev to use local device

    • Select local_dev to use local device. Wait for your device to be detected and follow instructions.

    • Select your external disk drive (by pressing space) to be mounted as images repository

      NOTE: Be sure you do not select internal disk devices

    • Accept no-fsck by default

    • Navigate to select the directory to hold the images and continue

    • The procedure finishes with Beginner-Expert window. From here you can create or restore images from/to disks.

    Create image file from disk

    This procedure copies an entire internal disk as an image file in external image repository.

    • Start Beginner mode after Select device-image mode and mount local image storage procedure:

    • Select savedisk to save local disk as an image

    • Name the disk image by adding to the date/time proposed name the following information:

      • Machine name: Ex. kvm-main
      • Disk name: Ex. system or data
      • Image name: Ex. opnsense for a specific installation phase

    • Select the internal disk to copy as an image

    • Accept default values for compression option

    • Accept default values and skip checking/repairing source file system

    • Accept default values and check image after saved

    • Accept default values and do not encrypt the image

    • Accept default values and choose reboot/shutdown or other options when finished

    • Accept default values and choose reboot/shutdown or other options when finished. Follow instructions, confirm and continue.

    • Watch progression and wait until image is created and successfully checked.

    • When the process finishes choose rerun3 if you want to perform other copies with the same image repository.

    Restore image file to disk

    This procedure restores an entire internal disk from an image file.

    • Start Beginner mode after Select device-image mode and mount local image storage procedure:

    • Start restoredisk to restore an image to local disk

    • Choose the image file to restore

    • Choose the target disk

    • Accept default values to check image before restoring

    • Accept default values and choose reboot/shutdown or other options when finished. Follow instructions, confirm and continue.

    • Watch progression and wait until image is successfully restored.

    • When the process finishes choose rerun3 if you want to restore other images from the same image repository.