Is it possible to migrate from VE 5.3-5 to VE 6.3 ?

[voidindigo]

Hi all,

I've got an older ProxMox server running 5.3-5 and I want to move my images to ProxMox 6.3 server. In the process I need to convert to ZFS filesystem (I believe it's installed with LVM right now) to enable snapshots.... I'd rather not re-create all the images if I don't have to, though. So I think I need to export the VMs and create a new server with the ZFS filesystem, then re-import the VMs ... if that's possible.

I would be OK running an upgrade, if THAT is possible, to upgrade from 5.3 to 6.3 AND rebuilding the filesystem as ZFS in the process... but that seemed an unlikely jump.

Thanks for any help
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Scott

 

[fabian]

backup, verify the backups are ok, then reinstall with ZFS

 

[voidindigo]

Thank you for your reply. Do you mean:

1. Backup 5.3
2. Reinstall 5.3 with ZFS
3. Restore onto 5.3
4. Upgrade to 6.3

Or can I restore a 5.3 backup onto a 6.3 server?

Thanks again

 

[fabian]

you can restore a 5.3 backup on a 6.x (or 7.x) server.

 

[voidindigo]

Wonderful, thank you again!