[Users] move ovirt vms from one node to other

[Itamar Heim]

On 10/24/2012 12:33 AM, Alex Leonhardt wrote:
> local storage .. sorry, shoud have clarified ..

easiest would be to export to an nfs export storage domain and import on 
the other side from an nfs export storage domain.

then there are hacks (until such a feature of importing a single VM/disk 
from an existing storage domain is available[1])


[1] http://wiki.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Orphaned_Images
and/or
http://wiki.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Domain_Scan

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> On 10/23/2012 10:10 PM, Nicholas Kesick wrote:
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>> > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:00:00 +0100
>> > From: alex.tuxx at gmail.com
>> > To: users at ovirt.org
>> > Subject: [Users] move ovirt vms from one node to other
>>
>> > hi,
>>
>> > i was wondering how it'd be possible to move a existing VM (ovirt
>> kvm vm) from one Ovirt node to another ?? Is it just a
>> > matter of copying the directory to the other node and restarting
>> ovirt ?? i'd imagine that the DB would be out of date - is it
>> > scanning the ovirt directories for existing hosts during start and
>> fill in the DB with their details -or- would I have to create
>> > new VMs and copy over the existing disks ?? better yet, is there a
>> way to backup the ovirt mgmt host configuration and
>> > restore it to a different host?
>>
>> > alex
>>
>> Are you using local storage on your nodes to store the vm disks, or a
>> shared storage?
>>
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