@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ There are two situations when you might want to migrate a disk:
772772Migrating Storage For a Running Instance
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775- (Supported on XenServer and VMware)
775+ (Supported on XenServer, KVM and VMware)
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777777#. Log in to the CloudStack UI as a user or admin.
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@@ -814,15 +814,17 @@ Migrating Storage and Attaching to a Different Instance
814814 Volume” <#attaching-a-volume> `_
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817- Migrating an Instance Root Volume to a New Storage Pool
817+ Migrating an Instance Volume to a New Storage Pool
818818^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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820- (XenServer, VMware) You can live migrate an Instance's root disk from one
820+ (XenServer, VMware) You can live migrate an Instance's volumes from one
821821storage pool to another, without stopping the Instance first.
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823- (KVM) When migrating the root disk volume, the Instance must first be stopped,
824- and users can not access the Instance. After migration is complete, the Instance can
825- be restarted.
823+ (KVM) KVM does not support volume live migration due to the limited possibility
824+ to refresh VM XML domain. Therefore, to live migrate a volume between storage pools,
825+ one must migrate the VM to a different host as well to force the VM XML domain update.
826+ Use 'migrateVirtualMachineWithVolumes' instead or stop the Instance and then migrate
827+ the volume.
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827829#. Log in to the CloudStack UI as a user or admin.
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