---
name: "systemd-clonesetup"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "systemd"
version: "262.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/systemd-clonesetup"
---

# systemd-clonesetup(8)

Set up and tear down dm-clone devices

## NAME

systemd-clonesetup, systemd-clonesetup@.service - Set up and tear down dm-clone devices

## SYNOPSIS

**systemd-clonesetup** add NAME SOURCE-DEVICE DEST-DEVICE META-DEVICE \[OPTIONS\]

**systemd-clonesetup** remove NAME

systemd-clonesetup@.service

## DESCRIPTION

**systemd-clonesetup** is used to set up (with **add**) and tear down (with **remove**) dm-clone devices. It is primarily used via systemd-clonesetup@.service units generated from /etc/clonetab by [**systemd-clonesetup-generator**(8)](/systemd-clonesetup-generator/8.md).

The positional arguments *NAME*, *SOURCE-DEVICE*, *DEST-DEVICE*, *META-DEVICE*, and *OPTIONS* have the same meaning as the fields in [**clonetab**(5)](/clonetab/5.md).

Currently, the supported option in *OPTIONS* is *region-size=BYTES*, where *BYTES* is measured in bytes (standard suffixes like "K", "M", "G" are supported).

## SEE ALSO

[**systemd**(1)](/systemd/1.md), [**clonetab**(5)](/clonetab/5.md), [**systemd-clonesetup-generator**(8)](/systemd-clonesetup-generator/8.md), [**systemd.generator**(7)](/systemd.generator/7.md), [**dmsetup**(8)](/dmsetup/8.md)