When creating an instance on a virtual machine and cloning the virtual machine, the following precautions must be taken:

• Clone the virtual machine while the instance and WebAdmin are stopped.

• Modify the IP address and host name settings in files such as postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf if they are different for each replicated machine.

• Use transparent data encryption on the replicated machine. Instances that use transparent data encryption cannot be cloned for use.

• If you cloned the virtual machine that contains the WebAdmin server, reinstall WebAdmin and import the instance that WebAdmin created.