Move CT to another Server?

[Gad]

Hi i am trying to move my CT to another Server but getting stuck

1. tried backup for the CT but i get IZO file and i cannot import IZO file to the new server (In GUI)
2. tried to create a template , again not sure what good this will do as i cannot start/copy or anything with a template

what is the correct way to move a CT from one Proxmox to another Proxmox?

 

[oguz]

hi,

if your hosts are clustered then you should be able to simply migrate it.

otherwise backup/restore. transfer the backup archive to your new host, and use it as a template to create a container (in the create wizard)

i cannot import IZO file to the new server (In GUI)

you just need to put it in a storage for it to be visible

 

[Gad]

ok so what i did is to backup by GUI and transfer the file to /var/lib/vz/template/ on the new proxmox
now i can do restore great!!!

i guess its only missing from GUI ....

 

[Gad]

hi,

if your hosts are clustered then you should be able to simply migrate it.

otherwise backup/restore. transfer the backup archive to your new host, and use it as a template to create a container (in the create wizard)


you just need to put it in a storage for it to be visible

thank you i was in the middle of the reply when you replied

 

[oguz]

great!

please mark the thread [SOLVED] so others know what to expect

 

[oguz]

i guess its only missing from GUI ..

FYI you can go on the left menu, find the storage, go to 'Contents' and you should see an 'Upload' button

 

[Gad]

FYI you can go on the left menu, find the storage, go to 'Contents' and you should see an 'Upload' button

Upload is excpting ISO file i have IZO can i just change sufix?

 

[oguz]

you can select 'Container template' for the filetype.

if it doesn't show up as an option, go to Datacenter -> Storage -> Edit -> Content

and enable container template.

select all filetypes while uploading.
then it should work

 

[Thomas Stone]

I just worked on this for way too long... The CT that I backed up and moved to another Proxmox host needed to be under:

/var/lib/vz/template/cache

before it was seen. Possibly it also needs to be in .zst compression format, not sure as I also tried that for my final (and only successful) attempt. Just posted in case it helps anyone.

 

[ducs4rs]

I just worked on this for way too long... The CT that I backed up and moved to another Proxmox host needed to be under:

/var/lib/vz/template/cache

before it was seen. Possibly it also needs to be in .zst compression format, not sure as I also tried that for my final (and only successful) attempt. Just posted in case it helps anyone.

Thomas,
I followed the directions and like you had an issue getting the container to be seen. I have a zpool setup for container templates since I use a 64G USB key for Proxmox OS. I made sure all file types were selected under Datacenter->Storage->templates. Templates points to zpool /zones/lxc/templates. Since you can not get rid of local I deselected all file types associated with local except for Snippets. When I created a back-up of the container I selected lzo as the compression. I could not get this to be seen. I decompressed and then compressed using zst and it was seen and I was able to create the container on the new system. Hope this helps anyone else.