Xenserver 5.5 move VE from one storage to the other
I haven’t really found a good way of moving the virtual disk from one storage repo to the other, but it is possible to do this through the XenCenter interface:
- Shutdown the VM guest. Note: I think it sucks that you have to power off the VE, but the convenience of a virtual server pays off at the end of the day, so the 10 minute outage is far better than the alternative!
- Right-click the VM, select Copy VM.
- Specify the name for the VM, select “Full Copy”, and choose the new SR.
- Check “delete original VM after copy”, and click ok.
At this point, the server will begin the replication and create a new disk image on the destination SR. I’m sure this is easily done using XE in the shell. Once I have it, I’ll post back here.