[Users] move ovirt vms from one node to other

[Itamar Heim]

On 10/24/2012 12:13 PM, Alex Leonhardt wrote:
> Ah I see - so there is no functionality that would allow me to move a VM
> from one node to another w/o having shared storage, correct ? Is it
> possible to export those hosts, similar to VMWare OVF/OVA templates ?
> That would suffice for what I need at the moment ..

yes, just add an nfs export domain from the UI, and export to it, detach 
it, attach it in the target, then import the VM
(i.e., yes, you can export/import to OVFs)

>
> The idea is to move VMs from a Node with local storage to a different
> Node again with only local storage.

true.
until storage live migration between nodes without shared storage will 
be available sometime in the future.

>
> Thanks
> Alex
>
>
> 2012/10/24 Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com <mailto:iheim at redhat.com>>
>
>     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
>     <http://wiki.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Orphaned_Images>
>     and/or
>     http://wiki.ovirt.org/wiki/__Features/Domain_Scan
>     <http://wiki.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Domain_Scan>
>
>
>         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 <mailto:alex.tuxx at gmail.com>
>              > To: users at ovirt.org <mailto: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 i'd imagine that the DB would be out of date - is it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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