Virtual Machine migration from one project to another¶

These instructions help in facilitating migration of a virtual machine from one project to another within OpenStack environment.

Preparing of VM¶

Your virtual machine needs to be in Shut Down state before we start snapshotting the machine, so that there isn't a state change on the machine during the process.

You can shut down the VM through the web interface.

Create a snapshot of the VM¶

Via CLI¶

List the servers in your current project
```
openstack server list
```

Create a snapshot

openstack server image create myInstance --name myInstanceSnapshot

Check if the snapshot is in the list of images and in active status.
```
openstack image list
```

Via Web Interface¶

Follow the instructions here

Download the snapshot¶

Copy the ID of snapshot you just took and use it below in place of myInstanceSnapshotID

openstack image save --file snapshot.raw myInstanceSnapshotID

Import snapshot into the new project¶

Via CLI¶

Source openrc file for the new project

Import snapshot

 openstack image create myInstanceSnapshot --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare --private --file <snapshot-file>

Via Web interface¶

Follow the instructions here

Create a new instance from the snapshot¶

Via CLI¶

Launch an instance

openstack server create --flavor m1.medium --image myInstanceSnapshot --network dmznet myNewInstance

Via Web Interface¶

Follow the instructions here