/2010 9:00 AM, centos-virt-requ...@centos.org wrote:
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:52:57 -0400
From: Kelvin Edmisonkel...@kindsight.net
Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] (KVM) How can I migrate VM in a non shared
storage environment?
To: Discussion about the virtualization
] (KVM) How can I migrate VM in a non shared
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To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS
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On 24/06/10 7:17 AM, Poh Yong Hwangyong
that interface, so it doesn't impact the running vms.
Cheers
-Chris
On 6/24/2010 9:00 AM, centos-virt-requ...@centos.org wrote:
Message: 3
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:52:57 -0400
From: Kelvin Edmisonkel...@kindsight.net
Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] (KVM) How can I migrate VM in a non
Hi,
I have a server running CentOS 5.5 with KVM capabilities. I need to migrate
all the VMs to another server with the exact same hardware specs. The
problem is it is running on individual harddisks, not shared storage. What
is the best way to migrate to minimise downtime?
Thanks!
YongSan
On 24/06/10 7:17 AM, Poh Yong Hwang yong...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a server running CentOS 5.5 with KVM capabilities. I need to migrate
all the VMs to another server with the exact same hardware specs. The problem
is it is running on individual harddisks, not shared storage. What is the
I often use rsync -a for remote systems or cp -a for local systems.
I've also used dd. You can have dd output to stdout, pipe it to ssh and
have ssh output to dd on the other end.
You can also connect to a SAN device on the source and dd from the local
block device to the SAN device.
Lots of
Note, the -x argument will keep the copy to a single partition
On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 14:12 -0300, Lucas Timm LH wrote:
Create a new virtual machine on your storage. After this, boot some
Linux distribution in your new virtual machine (I like SysrescueCD).
Enable your ssh server, change the
This can be useful in some cases:
http://www.bouncybouncy.net/ramblings/posts/xen_live_migration_without_shared_storage/
With the blocksync.py script on that page you can first make a copy of the
block device while the VM is still running. Then shut down the VM and make
another run only this
