A computer-implemented method for determining whether a virtual machine can be cloned within a cloud management platform without causing erroneous behaviour, the method comprising: a. automatically identifying (1000; 2000) one or more properties of the virtual machine which have changed after the virtual machine has been cloned by the cloud management platform, the step of automatically identifying (1000; 2000) comprising: - identifying, by an evaluation agent software program, a set of properties of the virtual machine corresponding to a set of predetermined properties; - automatically generating a plurality of clones of the virtual machine using mechanisms provided by the cloud management platform; - identifying a set of properties for each clone corresponding to the set of predetermined properties; - comparing the sets of properties (2, 3) to identify, by the evaluation agent software program, one or more properties of the virtual machine which have changed after the virtual machine has been cloned by the cloud management platform; and - based on the comparison, generating a list of changed properties including their corresponding property values in the virtual machine; b. scanning, by the evaluation agent software program, a file system of the virtual machine to identify one or more configuration files of an application layer of the virtual machine; c. generating, by the evaluation agent software program, a list of indications for erroneous behaviour, wherein the generating comprises: for each identified configuration file, checking for occurrence of at least one of the property values in the list of changed properties, and if such an occurrence is found, adding the corresponding configuration file to the list of indications; and d. evaluating the list of indications, comprising automatically determining that the virtual machine can be cloned within the cloud management platform, if the list of indications is empty. a. automatically identifying (1000; 2000) one or more properties of the virtual machine which have changed after the virtual machine has been cloned by the cloud management platform, the step of automatically identifying (1000; 2000) comprising: - identifying, by an evaluation agent software program, a set of properties of the virtual machine corresponding to a set of predetermined properties; - automatically generating a plurality of clones of the virtual machine using mechanisms provided by the cloud management platform; - identifying a set of properties for each clone corresponding to the set of predetermined properties; - comparing the sets of properties (2, 3) to identify, by the evaluation agent software program, one or more properties of the virtual machine which have changed after the virtual machine has been cloned by the cloud management platform; and - based on the comparison, generating a list of changed properties including their corresponding property values in the virtual machine; - identifying, by an evaluation agent software program, a set of properties of the virtual machine corresponding to a set of predetermined properties; - automatically generating a plurality of clones of the virtual machine using mechanisms provided by the cloud management platform; - identifying a set of properties for each clone corresponding to the set of predetermined properties; - comparing the sets of properties (2, 3) to identify, by the evaluation agent software program, one or more properties of the virtual machine which have changed after the virtual machine has been cloned by the cloud management platform; and - based on the comparison, generating a list of changed properties including their corresponding property values in the virtual machine; b. scanning, by the evaluation agent software program, a file system of the virtual machine to identify one or more configuration files of an application layer of the virtual machine; c. generating, by the evaluation agent software program, a list of indications for erroneous behaviour, wherein the generating comprises: for each identified configuration file, checking for occurrence of at least one of the property values in the list of changed properties, and if such an occurrence is found, adding the corresponding configuration file to the list of indications; and for each identified configuration file, checking for occurrence of at least one of the property values in the list of changed properties, and if such an occurrence is found, adding the corresponding configuration file to the list of indications; and d. evaluating the list of indications, comprising automatically determining that the virtual machine can be cloned within the cloud management platform, if the list of indications is empty.