Re: [Xen-users] migrate virtual machine to another server

Asistar srl Ivan Bolognani
Sat, 14 May 2011 11:59:48 -0000

Good morning

I followed the instructions,
I moved the image with command dd,
I moved on server 2 file.cfg  and after on server 2 I typed xm create
file.cfg

but will not start anything

I must moved from server 1 to server 2  1 virtual machine wit windows 2003
and 2 virtual machine with debian



Il 13/05/11 17:55, "Joseph Glanville"
<joseph.glanville@orionvm.com.au> ha
scritto:

> Hi,
>
> If the devices are in /dev/mapper you are probably using LVM.
> You can use these commands to move the disks to server2 substituting
> in the names of the LVM logical volume names.
>
> # copy the LV to an image file
> dd if=/dev/mapper/<vgname>-<lvname> of=/tmp/<vmname>.img
bs=1M
>
> #transfer the image file
> scp <user>@server2:/tmp/<vmname>.img
>
> #create a new LV assuming the volume group is already setup
> lvcreate -n<lvname> -L<sizeofdisk> <vgname>
>
> #copy the image onto the newly created lv
> dd if=/tmp/<vmname>.img of=/dev/mapper/<vgname>-<lvname>
>
> You should now be able to start the VM with the same configuration
> file assuming networking etc is setup the same as server1.
>
> Joseph.
>
>
> On 14 May 2011 01:38, Ivan Bolognani <bolognani@asistar.it> wrote:
>> Good morning.
>>
>> I have a question can you help me?
>>
>> I must migrate a virtual machine from server1  to server2 but I do not
know
>> where to start
>>
>> files are all in / dev / mapper / but I do not understand how to move
>>
>> Can you help me posting the procedure  to do to migrate the virtual
server
>>
>> Sorry for my english
>> Thanks
>> Ivan
>>
>>
>>
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