gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash


thisvm=$1
thatvm=$2

# You cannot "clone" a running vm, stop it.  suspend and destroy
# are also valid options for less graceful cloning
virsh shutdown ${thisvm}


# dump the xml for the original
virsh dumpxml ${thisvm} > /tmp/${thatvm}.xml

# copy the storage.
disk=$(cat /tmp/${thatvm}.xml | grep 'source file' | cut -d"'" -f2)
if [ $# > 2 ]; then
  outd=$3
else
  outd=$(echo $disk | sed -i s/${thisvm}/${thatvm}/ )
fi
echo -n "[*] copying $disk to $outd..."
#cp $disk $outd
qemu-img convert -O qcow2 $disk $outd
echo -e -n "done\n[*] renaming xml..."

# hardware addresses need to be removed, libvirt will assign
# new addresses automatically
sed -i /uuid/d /tmp/${thatvm}.xml
sed -i '/mac address/d' /tmp/${thatvm}.xml

# and actually rename the vm: (this also updates the storage path)
sed -i "s#$disk#$outd#" /tmp/${thatvm}.xml
sed -i "s/$thisvm/$thatvm/" /tmp/${thatvm}.xml
echo -e "done"
# finally, create the new vm
virsh define /tmp/${thatvm}.xml

#for sn in $( virsh snapshot-list $thisvm | tail -n+3 | head -n+1 | awk '{print $1}' ); do
#    virsh snapshot-dumpxml ${thisvm} ${sn} --security-info  > /tmp/${thatvm}.${sn}.xml

#    #clean old shit
#    sed -i /uuid/d /tmp/${thatvm}.${sn}.xml 
#    sed -i '/mac address/d' /tmp/${thatvm}.${sn}.xml
#    sed -i "s#$disk#$outd#" /tmp/${thatvm}.${sn}.xml
#    sed -i "s/$thisvm/$thatvm/" /tmp/${thatvm}.${sn}.xml    
#    virsh snapshot-create ${thatvm} /tmp/${thatvm}.${sn}.xml --redefine --current
#    rm  /tmp/${thatvm}.${sn}.xml 
#done
rm /tmp/${thatvm}.xml
#virsh start $thatvm