[ale] copying data between 2 ubuntu vm's

[Geoffrey Myers]

Wolf Halton wrote:
> scp is pretty good, as long as all are on public IPs

Or on the same private subnet?

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> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:26 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com 
> <mailto:jdp at algoloma.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 09/23/2011 07:31 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
>      > Friends:
>      >
>      > I have a VM1 which is 23GB with 2GB of swap.
>      >
>      > I have another VM2 which is 21GB with 2GB of swap.
>      >
>      > What is the best and efficient way of copying the data from VM2
>     to VM1 ?
>      >
>      > Time is not a factor but reliably copy is.
> 
> 
>     Probably rsync, but scp, rcp, ftp, sftp or any other "copy" tool of your
>     choice will work.  I'd avoid CIFS.
> 
>     Treat each VM just like a regular machine. If you've setup a VM-only
>     switch, using that instead of the public IP would probably be faster,
>     but if the VM virtual-disks are physically on the same HDD, that will be
>     the limiting factor.
> 
>     You could setup NFS between the systems or use iSCSI between them too,
>     if you like. Probably overkill when rsync is so much easier.
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