KVM virtual machine move...

[Markus Schönhaber]

WipeOut:

> I just reinstalled my desktop to 9.04 from 8.10.. I have a few KVM 
> virtual machine images from my old setup that I can't seem to work out 
> how to make work on the new setup..
> 
> I am using virt-manager and creake a new virtual machine but using the 
> existing disk image but it won't boot properly.. All I get is "A disk 
> read error occured, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to start"..
> 
> Is there something that has to be done that will allow machines to be 
> moved to other hosts and booted correctly?

To copy KVMs from one machine to another I always transfer the 
corresponding config files (/etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml) along with the 
image files of the disks (if there are any). That way there's no need to 
create new VMs on the target host but (at most) adjustments to the disk 
image paths.

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Regards
   mks