Moving a Proxmox VM to Another Host

#Proxmox #Migration #VirtualMachine

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Network Storage
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   01. Create or navigate to an existing folder to share
   02. Right click on the folder ≫ Properties ≫ Sharing tab ≫ Advanced Sharing...
   03. Click the Share this folder box
   04. Give the share a name (ie VMBackups)
   05. Click the Permissions button
   06. Remove the Everyone group
   07. Add users or groups to allow access to the share
   08. Click OK on all open dialog boxes
   09. Open a web browser and navigate to the ProxMox web UI
   10. Log in
   11. Select Datacenter from the left navigation menu
   12. Click Storage in the left navigation sub menu
   13. Click the Add button ≫ CIFS
   14. Complete the Add CIFS form as follows
         ID: VMBackups
         Server: 10.10.27.1
         Username: i12bretro
         Password:
         Share: VMBackups
         Max Backups: 3
         Content: VZDump backup file
   15. Click the Add button
   16. That's it, ProxMox can now see the network share and it can be used for virtual machine backups
 
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Creating a Backup
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   01. Expand the node and select the the VM to move from the left navigation
   02. Select Backup from the left sub-navigation menu
   03. Click the Backup Now button at the top of the main content area
   04. Select the destination (VMBackups share in this example), compression and mode for the backup ≫ Click Backup
   05. Wait for the backup process to complete
 
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Importing the Backup
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   01. Log into the target Proxmox host
   02. Add the CIFS share in the same way it was added to the source Proxmox node
   03. Expand the node and select the storage location where the backup was stored (the VMBackups share in this example)
   04. Select the backup ≫ Click Restore towards the top of the page
   05. Set the target storage location and VM ID ≫ Click Restore
   06. Wait for the restore process to complete
   07. Once complete, test the VM by starting it
 

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[kennypermenter]

been searching everywhere on a simple straight forward how to way of transferring vms. I thank you sir! trying this out tonight on my poweredge home servers.

[mahmoudmanaa]

I've searched everywhere and finally come across your ( best solution ), Thanks and appreciate it

[alexanderaric]

worked like a charm, thank you. saved me hours of troubleshooting.

[pasi]

thanks man ! .. had an issue, then i remembered that i did not give write access :D, nice guide man.. saved me ton of time (currently making cluster of 40pc:s)

[erwintwr]

perfect for my lab setup! thank you sir!

[vklab]

what about moving VM's between nodes?

[russellmm]

so simple and straightforward. thank you.

[DZIDULAJUBILEEGATI]

I know I did everything right but when I come to share it just circles and kindly share your network configuration from control panel as well.

[DmitryKey]

Another simple way: You can transfer the backup manually between servers. It is located in /var/lib/vz/dump. You can use winscp for these purposes.

[hprompt]

after I moved 1 of the VMs to the other server now I get ERROR: start failed: QEMU exited with code 1

[TheNinarossetti]

thanks a lot, saved me from a disaster

[musapincas]

Hi, nice video much thanks. I have a question about how did you get the noVNC to work over the internet? I have my server running behind a reverse proxy ssh tunnel and I can login just fine but trying to open the console shows me that the WebSocket is not connecting. Just thought I would ask you since I have see in your video that you are able to open the console and use the VM.

[LuisRamirez-gcds]

i want to do this. But I'm not able to do it.
I want to do this: transfer backups from proxmox 7.2 to proxmox 4.4. Can you help me a little?

[yetanother]

You always seem to have a video on the thing I'm messing around with

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