[PVE-User] How to duplicate a container?

[Bruce B]

Thanks Sanjay and everyone else. This method worked.

Regards,

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:08 AM, sanjay kumar <sanjaykvr at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Dear Bruce,
>
> You can copy created dump file to your desired server where you want to
> run it (i.e. another proxmox server) in any where like (i.e. /root/ or in
> your home folder of proxmox server) then just follows the steps as written
> below:
>
>
>    - Login to your server as a root (or be sudoers)
>    - Go to directory where you copied the dump file
>    (containerdump.tar.gz)
>    - run the command as #vzrestore 106 containerdump.tar.gz(give your
>    container dump file name)
>    - Change the IP as per your configuration or keep it as it is if you
>    have stopped older container (where from you have made vzdump
>    - Now you may start the container as #vzstart 106
>
> That's all
> Thanks with Regards,
> Sanjay Kumar
> India
>
> n Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Bruce B <bruceb444 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I made a mistake. I have to transfer a container from Proxmox 1.8
>> to latest Proxmox version which is on another server. I have already used
>> vzdump to create a .tar dump of the container and it's about 800MB. Where
>> should I put that file in my other proxmox server (latest version) and what
>> should I do to get it running?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Alexandre Kouznetsov <alk at ondore.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> El 15/11/12 14:09, Bruce B escribió:
>>>
>>>  Thanks for the feedback. Can you pleaes specify the commands. And also
>>>> should I change the IP in GUI or some config file?
>>>>
>>> My pleasure.
>>>
>>> Well, the interaction with Proxmox is expected to be done via web GUI.
>>>
>>> Do the backup in "Backup" tab of your 105 container.
>>> Do the restore in "Content" tab of your storage, it will offer you a
>>> dialog to specify the new VM ID.
>>> Change the IP in the "Network" tab of your new 106 (or whatever you
>>> numbered it) container.
>>>
>>> Surely you can do the same via command line interface, but i'm not
>>> familiar with it. Check http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/**Command_line_tools<http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Command_line_tools>for reference.
>>>
>>>
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