Cannot export VM in .ova file

A Former User

@olivierlambert thanks, OVA export in april will be a very great feature that complitely allow me to forget xcp-ng center

olivierlambert

Indeed, we are close to finish it, maybe even March release Hang on!

rowie

@olivierlambert
and how to export the xo appliance with xo?

olivierlambert

Like any other VM?

rowie

@olivierlambert
playing arround since hours to migrate my xcp-ng (running on my HP Gen8 Microserver) to a bigger SSD.
cloning the disk with clonezille wasnt successfull so i decide to start from scratch.

Exporting xo with xcp-ng center -> pain in the ass
ex and importing vhd manually -> same pain in the ..

i am working since years with vmware and proxmox but this one was challenge ... such a "simple" think
now i have created a new vhd ... and copy the old xo vhd over it ... rescan .. works

i couldnt find a working tuto for doing this the right way ..

br,
rowie

olivierlambert

Maybe your question was not clear, you asked to export XO with XO, you didn't talk about XCP-ng at all It was a typo then, you meant XCP-ng?

rowie

@olivierlambert
yes, xcp-ng! sorry for confusing

xcp-ng Center isnt working great in such things right?

olivierlambert

XCP-ng Center isn't an officially supported client for XCP-ng in the first place, as per https://docs.xcp-ng.org/management/

rowie

@olivierlambert

ah, ok. that explains a lot!
What is the best way to migrate xcp-ng to a larger hard drive??

olivierlambert

Depends a lot on what you have available. IMHO, I consider the system as disposable, since you can export the metadata, reinstall and import the metadata again. Or backup your VM, reinstall, restore. Or migrate out to another host, reinstall, re-migrate the VMs.

So many possibilities, that all depends on your setup.