Migrating Containers from a Server with Parallels Virtuozzo Containers

You can use the pmigrate utility to migrate Containers that reside on remote servers running the following versions of the Parallels Containers software:

• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 for Linux with update TU-4.0.0-464 or higher
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 for Linux
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.5 for Windows
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 for Windows

Moving a Container from a remote Parallels Containers server to a virtual machine on the local server with Parallels Server Bare Metal involves completing the following steps:

1. Installing the Parallels agent on the server with Parallels Containers.
2. Running the pmigrate utility on the destination server to migrate the Container.

Installing the Parallels for Containers Agent

First, you must install the Parallels agent on the source Parallels Containers server. During migration, this agent collects essential information on the Container to be moved and transfers it to the pmigrate utility on the destination server. To install the Parallels agent, do the following:

1. Log in to the source Parallels Containers server as a user with administrative rights.
2. Copy the Parallels agent installation file to the source server. The installation file is located in the /usr/share/pmigrate/tools directory on the server with Parallels Server Bare Metal:
   • parallels-transporter-for-containers- XXXX .run . Use this file to install the Parallels agent on servers running Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 or 4.6 for Linux.
   • ParallelsTransporterForContainers-parallels- XXXX .exe . Use this file to install the Parallels agent on servers running Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.5 or 4.6 for Windows.
3. Execute the installation file on the source server.
4. Follow the instructions of the wizard to install the Parallels agent.

Migrating the Container

Once the Parallels agent is installed, you can use the pmigrate utility to move a Container to a virtual machine. For example, you can run the following command on the destination server to migrate Container 101 from the remote server with IP address 192.168.12.12 to the VM_101 virtual machine:

# pmigrate c root:8uhytv4@192.168.12.12/101 v VM_101

Connecting to local agent...

Querying configuration...

Migrating...

Operation progress 100%

Registering VM...

PVC to VM /var/parallels/VM_101.pvm/config.pvs migration succeeded.

The resulting virtual machine will be put to the /var/parallels directory on the destination server. If you do not specify the administrative credentials on the source server (for root on Linux servers and Administrator on Windows servers), you will be asked to do so during the command execution.