Preparing Migration Source Components

VM Images

Package each x86 VM where the migration source resides into a qcow2 image and insert the images as cloud disks to the Kunpeng server of the migration target.

• Huawei Cloud
  1. Select an instance, choose More > OS & Images > Create Image, and select the default KVM virtualization type.
  2. Choose Cloud Server Console > Image Management Service > Private Images and find the created image.
  3. Choose Cloud Server Console > Elastic Volume Service > Apply to apply for an EVS disk immediately.
  4. Create a SATA disk from a private image.
  5. After the creation is complete, click Attach to attach the created disk as a data disk to the target Kunpeng server.
• Alibaba Cloud
  1. Select an instance, expand Operation, select Create Custom Image, and click OK.
  2. Choose Storage & Snapshots > Snapshots > Disk Snapshots, find the corresponding image, and select Create Disk on the right. After the disk is created, attach it to the Kunpeng server.
     

     Snapshots in different domains can be replicated to the target domain using the snapshot replication function.

• On-premises physical machines
  1. Create a VM image file for the system to be migrated.
  2. Copy the image file to the host of the node to be migrated.
  3. Stop the VM of the node to be migrated.
  4. Run the virt-manager command on the host to access the Virtual Machine Manager console.
  5. Select the VM of the node to be migrated and add a virtual disk.
  6. Select the image file and mount it to the virtual disk.