----- Original Message ----- Just pasting here code given by Juan H for Java SDK to perform that : You will need something like this: // Find the original VM: VM vm = api.getVMs().get("myvm"); // Find the cluster where the cloned VM will be created: Cluster cluster = vm.getCluster(); // Populate the parameters to create the snapshot: Snapshot snapshot = new Snapshot(); snapshot.setDescription("My snapshot"); // Send the request to create the snapshot. Note that you need the // returned snapshot object in order to have the id assigned to // that snapshot by the system. snapshot = vm.getSnapshots().add(snapshot); String id = snapshot.getId(); UUID uuid = UUID.fromString(id); // Wait till the snapshot creation is completed: for ( { snapshot = vm.getSnapshots().get(uuid); if (!"locked".equals(snapshot.getSnapshotStatus())) { break; } Thread.sleep(1 * 1000); } // Populate the parameters to create the cloned VM: VM clone = new VM(null); clone.setName("myclone"); clone.setCluster(cluster); Snapshots snapsshots = new Snapshots(); snapsshots.getSnapshots().add(snapshot); clone.setSnapshots(snapsshots); // Send the request to create the cloned VM: api.getVMs().add(clone);