[ovirt-devel] Live export/import

[Christopher Pereira]

I attached a copy of a gluster data storage domain (containing VM images and OVF files) to another 3.6 alpha ovirt installation, but the "Virtual Machines" and "Templates" tabs are empty.

Any hint for debugging or known issues?


Christopher Pereira <kripper at imatronix.cl> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I would like to migrate a VM between two different ovirt installations with minimum down time.
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>Using a export domain is slow (requires copying twice) and requires to stop the VM.
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>It seems like the best option is to 1) create a snapshot, 2) transfer the backing chain images and OVF files to the destination storage domain 3) stop the VM, 4) transfer the active snapshot and 5) import the VM from the destination storage domain.
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>Can you please comment and suggest other alternatives?
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>Thanks.
>