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KVM volume migration changes (#424)
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@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ There are two situations when you might want to migrate a disk:
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Migrating Storage For a Running Instance
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(Supported on XenServer and VMware)
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(Supported on XenServer, KVM and VMware)
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#. Log in to the CloudStack UI as a user or admin.
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Volume” <#attaching-a-volume>`_
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Migrating an Instance Root Volume to a New Storage Pool
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Migrating an Instance Volume to a New Storage Pool
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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(XenServer, VMware) You can live migrate an Instance's root disk from one
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(XenServer, VMware) You can live migrate an Instance's volumes from one
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storage pool to another, without stopping the Instance first.
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(KVM) When migrating the root disk volume, the Instance must first be stopped,
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and users can not access the Instance. After migration is complete, the Instance can
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be restarted.
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(KVM) KVM does not support volume live migration due to the limited possibility
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to refresh VM XML domain. Therefore, to live migrate a volume between storage pools,
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one must migrate the VM to a different host as well to force the VM XML domain update.
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Use 'migrateVirtualMachineWithVolumes' instead or stop the Instance and then migrate
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the volume.
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#. Log in to the CloudStack UI as a user or admin.
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