[ovirt-users] Migrate from one system to another.

[Joop]

On 2-7-2014 3:23, John Gardeniers wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
> We need get get a VM from our client's system in the UK to our system in
> Australia, so this isn't just migrating between clusters or datacenters.
> I know it's easy enough to export a VM and copy its image file from the
> export storage area but what's the procedure to import it into the
> second system? Can I just plonk the file into out import/export storage
> (I really doubt it) or do I need to do something else with it? I know I
> can import it easily enough into a KVM/Qemu system and then do a V2V
> from there but that seems like a step that shouldn't be required.
>
> Have I missed something really obvious or is this one of those things
> people don't do very often?
>
You probably have thought about this too but is using a program like
fsarchiver an option?
It will optionally compress the backup and optionally will allow you to
change disklayout when restoring.

Joop