On 2017-03-21 07:09 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Setup: VBox running several vms on solaris (offshoot) openindiana host > Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5460 @ 3.33GHz - 32 GB ram > > I have several VBox vms running on an openindiana HOST (Solaris 11) > > Need to reinstall on this same host with newer version of same OS. > > What is the best way to move the vms.... > > Is a simple tarring+bzip2 up of them all and mving them off the > subject host until re-install has been completed. The same filesystem > structure setup ... then: > > Installing VBox for that newly installed OS and openning the > tarred+bzip2'ed file on the new fresh install a viable way to do this? > > Will the VBox install find the unpacked vms ok? > > And finally is it neccessary to include anything but the vms home > files? That is, something like /vb/vm/vm1 /vb/vm/vm2 .. etc where > /vb/vm/vm[0-9] has all disks and other related files in each directory. > > Something like: ls /vb/vm/d0 > Logs d0-0.vdi d0-1.vdi d0-2.vdi d0-3.vdi d0-4.vdi d0.vbox d0.vbox-prev > > Oh yes, and finally would it matter if I installed the newest VBox > release as apposed to the 5.0.28 that the vms are currently running under? > > Hi Harry.
Yes, that will work fine. One thing to note, you probably want to separate out your VM storage onto a separate zfs dataset. You can then snapshot and zfs send it to another location. I use zvols and iscsi targets and connect using the vbox built-in iscsi initiator. Another note, make sure the VMs are powered off. Upgrading vbox with saved states is not a good idea. Geoff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
