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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">vzmigrate
 
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">vzmigrate
&minus; migrate a container between two OpenVZ servers</p>
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&minus; utility for container migration between hardware
 +
nodes.</p>
  
 
== SYNOPSIS ==
 
== SYNOPSIS ==
  
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>vzmigrate</b>
      cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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[<b>-r</b>|<b>--remove-area yes</b>|<b>no</b>]
<tr valign="top" align="left">
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[<b>--ssh=</b><i>ssh_options</i>] <br>
<td width="11%"></td>
 
<td width="14%">
 
 
 
<p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>vzmigrate</b></p></td>
 
<td width="1%"></td>
 
<td width="74%">
 
 
 
<p style="margin-top: 1em">[<b>-r</b>|<b>--remove-area&nbsp;yes</b>|<b>no</b>]
 
[<b>--ssh=</b><i>ssh_options</i>] [<b>--ssh-mux</b>]
 
 
[<b>--rsync=</b><i>rsync_options</i>] [<b>--keep-dst</b>]
 
[<b>--rsync=</b><i>rsync_options</i>] [<b>--keep-dst</b>]
[<b>--live</b>] [<b>-c</b>|<b>--compact</b>]
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[<b>--online</b>] [<b>-v</b>] <i><br>
[<b>-s</b>|<b>--snapshot</b>]
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destination_address CTID</i></p>
[<b>--check-only</b>|<b>--dry-run</b>]
 
[<b>-f</b>|<b>--nodeps</b>[<b>=</b><i>check</i>[<b>,</b><i>check&nbsp;</i>...]]]
 
[<b>-t</b>|<b>--times</b>] [<b>-v</b>]
 
<i>destination_address CTID</i></p></td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top" align="left">
 
<td width="11%"></td>
 
<td width="14%">
 
 
 
<p><b>vzmigrate</b></p></td>
 
<td width="1%"></td>
 
<td width="74%">
 
 
 
<p><b>-h</b>|<b>--help</b>|<b>--usage</b></p></td></tr>
 
</table>
 
  
 
== DESCRIPTION ==
 
== DESCRIPTION ==
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container, simple CT private area transfer is performed
 
container, simple CT private area transfer is performed
 
(<b>rsync</b>(1) is used for file transfer). For running
 
(<b>rsync</b>(1) is used for file transfer). For running
containers, either traditional (with CT stop and start) or
+
containers, migration may be offline (default) or
live migration is possible.</p>
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online.</p>
  
 
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">This program
 
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">This program
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will be passed to ssh while establishing connection to
 
will be passed to ssh while establishing connection to
 
destination HN.</p>
 
destination HN.</p>
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--ssh-mux</b></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Enable ssh channel
 
multiplexing, establishing and reusing a single ssh
 
connection to remote server. This speeds up live
 
migration.</p>
 
  
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--rsync=</b><i>options</i></p>
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--rsync=</b><i>options</i></p>
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attempt.</p>
 
attempt.</p>
  
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
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<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--online</b></p>
      cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 
<tr valign="top" align="left">
 
<td width="11%"></td>
 
<td width="9%">
 
 
 
<p><b>--live</b></p></td>
 
<td width="2%"></td>
 
<td width="78%">
 
 
 
<p>Perform live migration: instead of restarting a
 
container, checkpoint and restore are used, so there is no
 
container downtime or service interruption. Additional steps
 
are performed to minimize the time when a container is in
 
suspended state. Option <b>--online</b> can be used as a
 
backward-compatible alias.</p></td></tr>
 
</table>
 
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-c</b>, <b>--compact</b></p>
 
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Compact a container image (i.e.
 
run <b>vzctl compact</b>) before migration. Works for ploop
 
only, ignored otherwise.</p>
 
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-s</b>,
 
<b>--snapshot</b></p>
 
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Create a container snapshot
 
(i.e. run <b>vzctl snapshot</b>) before migration. Works for
 
ploop only, ignored otherwise.</p>
 
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-only</b>,
 
<b>--dry-run</b></p>
 
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Do not perform actual
 
migration, stop after preliminary checks. This is used to
 
check if a CT can possibly be migrated. Combine with
 
<b>--live</b> to enable more checks for live migration
 
case.</p>
 
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-f</b>|<b>--nodeps</b>[<b>=</b><i>check</i>[<b>,</b><i>check&nbsp;</i>...]]</p>
 
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Continue migration, ignoring
 
some or all preliminary check failures. Particular checks
 
can be ignored by providing an argument to <b>--nodeps</b>
 
option. The following options can be used (comma-separated):
 
<br>
 
&bull; <b>cpu</b> &minus; ignore cpu capabilities check;
 
<br>
 
&bull; <b>ipv6</b> &minus; ignore ipv6 module check.</p>
 
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-t</b>, <b>--times</b></p>
 
  
<p style="margin-left:22%;">At the end of live migration,
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<p style="margin-left:22%;">Perform online (zero-downtime)
output various timings for migration stages that affect
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migration: during the migration the container hangs for a
total suspended CT time. Note that it only makes sense with
+
while and after the migration it continues working as though
<b>--live</b>.</p>
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nothing has happened.</p>
  
 
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
 
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
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<p>Verbose mode. Causes <b>vzmigrate</b> to print debugging
 
<p>Verbose mode. Causes <b>vzmigrate</b> to print debugging
messages about its progress. Note that <b>-v</b>
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messages about its progress. Multiple <b>-v</b> options
automatically implies <b>-t</b>. Multiple <b>-v</b> options
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increase the verbosity. The maximum is 3.</p></td></tr>
increase the verbosity.</p></td></tr>
 
 
</table>
 
</table>
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-h</b>|<b>--help</b>|<b>--usage</b></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Print usage info and exit.</p>
 
  
 
== EXAMPLES ==
 
== EXAMPLES ==
  
 
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Migration of CT
 
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Migration of CT
101 to <b>192.168.1.130</b> with downtime:</p>
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#101 to <i>192.168.1.130</i> with downtime: <br>
 
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vzmigrate 192.168.1.130 101</p>
<pre style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">  vzmigrate 192.168.1.130 101</pre>
 
  
 
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Online
 
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Online
migration of CT 102 to <b>192.168.1.130</b>:</p>
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migration of CT #102 to <i>192.168.1.130</i>: <br>
 
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vzmigrate --online 192.168.1.130 102</p>
<pre style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">  vzmigrate --live 192.168.1.130 102</pre>
 
  
 
== EXIT STATUS ==
 
== EXIT STATUS ==
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<p style="margin-left:22%;">Operation with CT quota
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Operation with CT quota
 
failed.</p>
 
failed.</p>
 
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EXIT_OVZ_NOT_RUNNING</b></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">OpenVZ is not running, or some
 
required kernel modules are not loaded.</p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>15 EXIT_APPLY_CONFIG</b></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Unable to set CT name on
 
destination node.</p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>16 EXIT_PLOOP_UNSUP</b></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Ploop is not supported by
 
destination node.</p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>17
 
EXIT_UNSUP_CPT_VER</b></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">CPT version incompatibility
 
with the destination node.</p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>18 EXIT_UNSUP_CPU</b></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Destination node CPU
 
incompatibility.</p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>19
 
EXIT_CANT_READ_REMOTE_CONFIG</b></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Unable to read remote
 
vz.conf.</p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>20 EXIT_LOCKED</b></p>
 
 
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Can&rsquo;t lock container
 
(already locked).</p>
 
  
 
== SEE ALSO ==
 
== SEE ALSO ==
  
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>rsync</b>(1),
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>rsync</b>(1).</p>
[[Man/vzcptcheck.8|<b>vzcptcheck</b>(8)]].</p>
 
  
 
== COPYRIGHT ==
 
== COPYRIGHT ==
  
 
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright (C)
 
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright (C)
2001-2013, Parallels, Inc. Licensed under GNU GPL.</p>
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2001-2010, Parallels, Inc. Licensed under GNU GPL.</p>

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