Alternatively you can detach the drives from both the original and the copy, attach the copied drives to the original, verify the original VM works, then manually delete the copied VM and original disks.Īlternatively you can use xe vdi-copy to copy the disks to the new location. Then you verify the copied VM works, and manually delete the original VM and disks. With Copy VM in XC you end up with a VM that is not even identical to the original, so when you're done you have to edit it to fix settings that changed, such as the MAC address (assuming you care). Any scenario requires downtime, and with a large VM it can take many hours. Moving VMs in XS is a mess, not at all similar to Storage VMotion.
That may sound like nitpicking, but it brings me to point three, Storage VMotion is highly automated, literally just a few clicks and you are done, and there is nothing similar included with XenServer. There is Copy VM in XenCenter, or xe vdi-copy at the CLI, both of which are copy rather than move processes.
Second, Storage VMotion is an actual move, and XenServer has no move functionality. First, the main characteristic of Storage VMotion is the fact that is can be done live, and XenServer lacks this functionality.
I have to disagree with this, for three reasons. When the VM is turned off you can select Move VM and select your new SR. Citrix XenServer DOES have something similar to Storage Motion, you just can't run it online.
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