[PVE-User] OpenVZ containers migration to Proxmox

Tim Nelson tnelson at rockbochs.com
Thu Dec 13 20:02:05 CET 2012


----- Original Message -----
> I have some old servers that I need to upgrade. Those are running
> Ubuntu
> Hardy with the openvz kernel. I'm going to use Proxmox for my new
> setup.
> My question is, can a VZ running on a standard machine (no proxmox)
> be
> migrated easily to my new proxmox host? Is there any constraint I
> should
> know about? ie. simple migration vs live migration etc ? Otherwise,
> is
> it something I will have to do manually? (rsync + Proxmox
> import/loading
> somehow)
> 

vzdump on your Ubuntu hosts, rsync the backup to your new Proxmox host, vzrestore.

--Tim



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