docs/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>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>Detach the data disk from the VM. See Detaching and Moving Volumes <xref linkend="detach-move-volumes"/>  (but skip the “reattach” step at the end. You will do that after migrating to new storage).</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>Stop the VM.</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>Use the &PRODUCT; API command, migrateVirtualMachine, with the ID of the VM to migrate and
				the IDs of a destination host and destination storage pool in the same zone.</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>Watch for the VM status to change to Migrating, then back to Stopped.</para></listitem>
				<listitem><para>Restart the VM.</para></listitem>
			</orderedlist>
	</section>