# Clones

The Clones page displays all clone virtual machines in your Axilon system. Clones are used for failover operations and testing configurations without affecting the primary systems.

## Clone List View

The clones table displays the following information for each clone:

* **Name**: The name of the clone virtual machine
  * **C** badge indicates this is a Clone machine
* **Primary Machine**: The primary machine that this clone is associated with
  * **P** badge indicates the Primary machine
* **Configuration**: The configuration used for this clone
* **VM Image**: The virtual machine image name used for this clone
* **Clone Status**: Current operational state of the clone
  * **Running**: Clone is active and operational
  * **Stopped**: Clone is not currently running
  * **Starting**: Clone is in the process of starting up
* **CPU/RAM**: Resource allocation for this clone (e.g., "2 / 8GB" means 2 CPU cores and 8GB RAM)
  * Click the info icon to see total available CPU and RAM resources on the system
* **Created By**: The user who created the clone
* **Created At**: The date and time when the clone was created

## Filtering Clones

Click the filter icon in the upper right to filter clones by any column, including:

* Clone name
* Primary machine
* Configuration
* Status
* Created date
* User

## Clone Actions

Click the three-dot menu (⋮) on the right side of any clone row to access the following actions:

### View

Opens the clone details page showing comprehensive information about the clone VM, its configuration, and status.

### Start Failover

Initiates a failover operation, switching operations from the primary machine to this clone. Use this when the primary system needs maintenance or experiences issues.

### Create Snapshot

Manually creates a snapshot of the clone's current VM image. This is useful for capturing the clone's VM image at a specific point in time.

### Delete

Removes the clone virtual machine. Use caution as this action may be irreversible.

## Creating a New Clone

To create a new clone, click the **Create Clone** button in the upper right corner. See [Clone Operations](https://docs.axilon.com/devops-desktop/resilience/operations/clone-operations) for detailed instructions on creating and managing clones.