Clone KVM Guest

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  1. shutdown original server
virsh shutdown odoo-server
  1. clone
virt-clone -o odoo-server --auto-clone
  1. adjust target server
virsh dumpxml odoo-server-clone > odoo-server-clone.xml

open file 'odoo-server-clone.xml' and set new name, mac address for the new kvm guest.

virsh destroy odoo-server-clone
virsh define odoo-server-clone.xml
virsh start odoo-server-clone

ssh to the new kvm guest and change hostname, ssh configuration

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname odoo2
sudo nano /etc/hosts
sudo rm /etc/machine-id /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
sudo dbus-uuidgen --ensure && sudo cp /var/lib/dbus/machine-id /etc/.
sudo rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*
sudo dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server
sudo reboot