en-US/migrate-vm-rootvolume-volume-new-storage-pool.xml

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<section id="migrate-vm-rootvolume-volume-new-storage-pool">
	<title>Migrating a VM Root Volume to a New Storage Pool</title>
	<para>(XenServer, VMware) You can live migrate a VM's root disk from one storage pool to another, without stopping the VM first.</para>
	<para>(KVM) When migrating the root disk volume, the VM must first be stopped, and users can not access the VM. After migration is complete, the VM can be restarted.</para>
	<orderedlist>
		<listitem><para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as a user or admin.</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>In the left navigation bar, click Instances, and click the VM name.</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>(KVM only) Stop the VM.</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>Click the Migrate button <inlinemediaobject>
			<imageobject>
				<imagedata fileref="./images/migrate-instance.png"/>
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			<textobject>
				<phrase>Migrateinstance.png: button to migrate a VM or volume</phrase>
			</textobject>
		</inlinemediaobject>
			and choose the destination from the dropdown list.</para>
			<note><para>If the VM's storage has to be migrated along with the VM, this will be noted in the host
				list. &PRODUCT; will take care of the storage migration for you.</para></note><para/></listitem>
		<listitem><para>Watch for the volume status to change to Migrating, then back to Running (or Stopped, in the case of KVM). This
			can take some time.</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>(KVM only) Restart the VM.</para></listitem>
	</orderedlist>
</section>