How can I copy and move a VM? (KVM)

[slikcorex]

I am on a path and I have to be careful.
I want to move a VM from 1 physical host to another with all of its applications in tact. I believe it should be completed by the following:

1. on the source host run virsh dumpxml VMNAME > domxml.xml and copy this xml to the destination host
2. on the destination host run virsh define domxml.xml

Am I correct in my thinking? Or is something missing?

What confuses me is whether or not the xml also defines the applications or just resource configs.

 

[dos2unix]

It's different for different virtual environments, I assume you are using KVM/QEMU if you're running virsh.

How to clone existing KVM virtual machine images on Linux - nixCraft

Explains how to clone existing KVM virtual machine images on Linux using virt-clone command.

www.cyberciti.biz

 

[slikcorex]

It's different for different virtual environments, I assume you are using KVM/QEMU if you're running virsh.

How to clone existing KVM virtual machine images on Linux - nixCraft

Explains how to clone existing KVM virtual machine images on Linux using virt-clone command.

www.cyberciti.biz

ah nice reference! thank you

I plan on also taking the image off and putting in in vmware or virtual box as well.

hoping something like this works

Migrate from Libvirt KVM to Virtualbox | Karim's Blog

elatov.github.io