# "Clone" Operations

This page explains how a user can interface with and manage Axilon "Clones" on a day to day basis.

## Creating a New "Clone"

1. Once logged into the client via inputting your credentials, navigate to the `Clones` menu.
2. Click `Create Clone` in the upper right hand corner
3. Fill in the clone creation form:
   1. **Name**: Choose a descriptive name for your custom failover enclave
   2. **Application Image**: Select the application image for which you would like to set up the failover/"clone"
   3. **Configuration**: Select which configuration is associated with this failover enclave (these are the snapshots that will be auto-restored to the clone environment in the background)
   4. **CPU**: Specify the number of CPU cores to allocate to the clone VM
   5. **RAM**: Specify the amount of RAM (in GB) to allocate to the clone VM
   6. **Network**: Select the network on which to place the clone VM
4. Click `Create`
5. Over the next 10-15 minutes, information about the clone will populate into the dashboard

## Connecting to the "Clone"

1. Navigate to the `Clones` menu.
2. Click the three-dot menu (⋮) next to the desired clone
3. Click `RDP Credentials` from the menu
4. Input the credentials in the new window into the RDP client of the user's choice
5. An RDP connection to the failover enclave will open, allowing interface as normal

## Initiating a Switch-over to the "Clone"

1. Navigate to the `Clones` menu
2. Select the clone you would like to enable failover mode for by clicking the three-dot menu (⋮)
3. Click on the `Start Failover` button
4. Select `Yes` when asked `Are you sure?`
5. While Failover mode is enabled, scheduled snapshots and autorestores will run on the failover system instead of the primary. Additionally, manual snapshots will run on the failover system and trigger failback to the primary.

## Switching Back from the "Clone"

1. Navigate to the `Clones` menu
2. Select the clone you would like to disable failover mode for by clicking the three-dot menu (⋮)
3. Click on the `End Failover` button
4. Select `Yes` when asked `Are you sure?`