Clone machines with CloneZilla and iVentoy

This guide will describe how to clone & restore disks using CloneZilla booted over PXE using iVentoy on Windows.

Prerequisites:

CloneZilla ISO: https://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=stable

iVentoy ZIP: https://github.com/ventoy/PXE/releases/download/v1.0.19/iventoy-1.0.19-win64-free.zip

Setup iVentoy:

Unpack the iVentoy ZIP and add the CloneZilla ISO to iVentoy's ISO folder.

Now start iVentoy by running iVentoy_64.exe, this should open iVentoy's web interface. Here we can start iVentoy's built-in DHCP server to start serving PXE.

Now you can boot your CloneZilla over PXE on the device you want to clone or restore.

SMB share

Create a SMB-share on the Windows machine running iVentoy, this share will be used as a target for the disk cloning or source for restoring a disk image.

CloneZilla

Start CloneZilla.

Select device-image.

Select samba_server.

Enter the IP of the device that serves the SMB-share.

Enter the SMB-share username.

Enter the SMB-share path, after this you will be prompted for your account password.

Select export mode.

Select either savedisk or restoredisk, savedisk will save the disk image to the SMB-share, restoredisk will allow for restoring disk images from the SMB-share.