The XML config files have to be present on both servers.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Dan Sheffner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thesheff17@yahoo.com">thesheff17@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>ok now I have three servers:<br> <br>1) storage01<br>2) vmserver05 <br>3) vmserver06<br><br>storage01 one is sharing out /root/vm/ directory through NFS.<br><br>/root/vm from storage01 is mounted at /root/vm on both vmserver05 and 06.<br><br>I have created a kvm host on vmserver05 and when I do:<br> <br> migrate --live ubuntuTest qemu+ssh://vmserver06/system<div class="im"><br>error: operation failed: failed to parse XML<br><br></div>do I need to put the xml file on vmserver06? in the /root/vm directory?<br><div class="hm"> <br></div></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="hm"><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><div class="hm"> <hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Matt Isaacs <<a href="mailto:matthew.isaacs@gmail.com" target="_blank">matthew.isaacs@gmail.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Mark Foster <mark@foster.cc><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Dan Sheffner <<a href="mailto:thesheff17@yahoo.com" target="_blank">thesheff17@yahoo.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 8, 2009 12:07:37 PM</div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: KVM failover to another KVM server<br> </div></div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> DRBD is another nice solution to the shared storage issue.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Mark Foster <span dir="ltr"><mark@foster.cc></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> The ability to do migration requires shared storage such as via iSCSI or<br> SAN or perhaps NAS (NFS).<br> The storage needs to be visible on both host nodes on the same path.<br> <div><br> <br> Dan Sheffner wrote:<br> > I have also tried with the virtual machine manager to migrate from one<br> > server to another. It seems like it should work but nothing actually<br> > happens.<br> ><br> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> > *From:* Victor Padro <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:vpadro@gmail.com" target="_blank">vpadro@gmail.com</a>><br> > *To:* Dan Sheffner <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:thesheff17@yahoo.com" target="_blank">thesheff17@yahoo.com</a>><br> > *Cc:* <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> > *Sent:* Thursday, May 7, 2009 3:12:16 PM<br> > *Subject:* Re: KVM failover to another KVM server<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Dan Sheffner <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:thesheff17@yahoo.com" target="_blank">thesheff17@yahoo.com</a><br> </div><div>> <mailto:<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:thesheff17@yahoo.com" target="_blank">thesheff17@yahoo.com</a>>> wrote:<br> ><br> ><br> > Ok I have gotten close but still having issues. I have two<br> > machines running ubuntu 9.04 server AMD and I'm trying to fail<br> > from one machine to another with:<br> ><br> > connected to virsh console:<br> ><br> > migrate ubuntuTest qemu+ssh://vmserver06.ttr/system<br> > error: operation failed: failed to parse XML<br> ><br> > any ideas?<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > ----- Original Message ----<br> > From: Dan Sheffner <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:thesheff17@yahoo.com" target="_blank">thesheff17@yahoo.com</a><br> </div><div>> <mailto:<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:thesheff17@yahoo.com" target="_blank">thesheff17@yahoo.com</a>>><br> > To: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> </div><div>> <mailto:<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> > Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:31:34 AM<br> > Subject: KVM failover to another KVM server<br> ><br> > I searched hi ahd low but I haven't been able to find how to fail<br> > a virtual machine from one KVM server to another. Can someone<br> > link me to the doc that does this or show me an example. I would<br> > hope you are able to do this while the server is running. Thanks<br> > in advance.<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > ubuntu-server mailing list<br> </div>> <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <mailto:<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> <div>> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server</a><br> > More info: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam</a><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > Proxmox is debian based KVM's bare installer and does have that<br> > function(Clustering).<br> ><br><span> > <a href="http://pve.proxmox.com" target="_blank">http://pve.proxmox.com</a></span><br> ><br> > --<br> > "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion."<br> ><br> > "Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o<br> > mediocremente servidas"<br> ><br> <br> <br> </div>--<br> <div><div></div><div>ubuntu-server mailing list<br> <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server</a><br> More info: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br> </div></div></div></div></div><br> </div></blockquote></div><br>