@DustinB
Thanks for blazing fast response.
Yes, the downtime is calculated and the customer gave me a few hours window to do this, so i can actually just shut down the VM and move it. I'm more concerned with the Xen Orchestra part, wether i must install xen on the temporary server as well or not, and if the temporary server will run just fine when Xen orchestra will be formatted while being managed by it.
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RE: Moving VMs to a new host and format old hostposted in Management
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Moving VMs to a new host and format old hostposted in Management
Hi everyone,
I have managed XCP in the past but i'm not sure what's the best practice to do this:
I have a VM that needs to be transfered on a vmware infrastructure because the customer has vmware in all his other servers apart from this one.
Now, he wants to keep the same hardware, so i must format xcp and install vmware. During this time he must not stop working.
My plan is simple: i bring him a temporary server with xcp 8.2.1 installed, live migrate the machine with XEN Orchestra, format the old host.
Since xen orchestra runs on this very host that i must format, will the new host run just as fine without Xen Orchestra? Do i have to detach the temporary host from xen before formatting? Do i have to install xen on the temporaty host as well or (since it's temporary), i can just manage it with XCP-Ng Center without issues?
If you have better solutions, i thank you in advance.