[ale] KVM, P2V, Clonezilla, oh my....

DJ-Pfulio DJPfulio at jdpfu.com
Fri May 20 07:26:54 EDT 2016


On 05/19/16 20:24, Chuck Payne wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> I got a Dell PE830 that need to die. I like to do a P2V with KVM.  I
> see there is Virt-P2V, but has anyone used Clonezilla to make images
> of the disk then use those with KVM or any virt host to bring up that
> server?


I use my normal backup/recovery methods to move from P2V with KVM. Test
your disaster recovery plan. Does it work?

Only use Clonezilla ... er ... never.  Much prefer fsarchive
(non-Windows) or partimage (Windows-only) when moving p2p.



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