[ovirt-users] VM physical export

[Cristian Mammoli]

I copied
images and master from the source export domain and "merged" on the 
destination export domain.
Then the vms were imported just fine...

Il 17/11/2015 16:24, Nicolas Ecarnot ha scritto:
> Hello,
>
> [3.5 here]
>
> I'd like to export a VM and its 2 big disks toward an external 
> datacenter.
>
> Just for fun, I tried with the usual way : export to NFS, detach, 
> attach from remote, import.
> But the disk are way too huge and our line is thin.
>
> The site is remote but the other town is not that far, so physically 
> bring the data (external hard drive) is an option.
>
> I don't know if I can export to .ova or .ovf but I don't remind having 
> seen that in oVirt.
> I know I can export to NFS and copy the whole NFS hierarchy to the 
> hard drive, then restore it inside the remote NFS export domain, then 
> import.
> But I don't know the exact needs of this hierarchy, and the remote NFS 
> already contains data I can not wipe.
>
> I'm not in a hurry there, just having this issue and looking for the 
> best solution. Experimentation allowed.
>

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