Placeholder : Needs to describe what "cloning" means in this regard
The new volume will be allocated from storage in the same storage pool as the volume being cloned.
# virsh vol-clone --pool guest_images_disk volume3 clone1
Vol clone1 cloned from volume3
# virsh vol-list guest_images_disk
Name Path
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clone1 /dev/sdb1
volume2 /dev/sdb2
volume3 /dev/sdb3
# parted -s /dev/sdb print
Model: ATA ST3500418AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
2 8590MB 17.2GB 8590MB primary
3 17.2GB 25.8GB 8590MB primary
1 25.8GB 34.4GB 8590MB primary
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