[ale] v2v

[JD]

The hostOS is KVM on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. This was new - a different physical
machine than where Xen ran.

The clientOS is Ubuntu 10.04 or 12.04 LTS ... for each VM.  It matched what the
clientOS used under Xen. A base OS was installed on KVM (just ssh), then the
backups from the Xen clients were restored/migrated over.

If you don't know what is running, where the data and settings are on the source
system, it may not turn out well.  Being extremely cautious about the backups is
critical.

Sorry if the blog article wasn't clear on that.


On 08/05/2013 03:01 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:
> JD,
> 
> You did a fresh install? What that the KVM server or the Guess?
> 
> Pup
> 
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:59 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>> On 07/30/2013 01:08 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:
>>> Guys,
>>>
>>> I need to work with v2v, is there a good start
>>>
>>> I have the guide
>>>
>>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/V2V_Guide/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/pdf/V2V_Guide/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-6-V2V_Guide-en-US.pdf
>>>
>>>  I was wondering if anyone know a good step-by-step how to use it.
>>>
>>> I am working to Xen-to-KVM.
>>
>> I did the xen-to-KVM switch last year.  Good VM backup, install a new OS into
>> KVM, restore from the Xen backup into the KVM version.  My backups just include
>> the list of packages, settings, and the data - not the entire OS. At restore
>> time, I worked backwards, data, settings, then reinstall the packages from the
>> list.  dpkg rocks completely.
>>
>> I never found any tool that would handle all the strangeness perfectly.
>> http://blog.jdpfu.com/2012/06/23/new-kvm-vm-host explains the method.
>>
>> Since migrating the servers, all the issues with Xen-based VMs have stopped. KVM
>> has been a joy to use in comparison. No worry that a VM will not boot after a
>> kernel update or being forced back 1 or 2 kernels to get a booting system. Yep,
>> life has been good under KVM.