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

Joseph Glanville
Sat, 14 May 2011 12:25:09 -0000

Hi,

Can you post the config file?

Joseph.

On 14 May 2011 21:59, Asistar srl Ivan Bolognani <bolognani@asistar.it>
wrote:
> 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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