When moving a VM from XenServer to an independent box, is it necessary to install XenServer in the new box?
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Usually, yes. Either export the VM and import the resulting file, or join the two machines into a pool and move the VM directly.
However, there are tools around that will convert a virtual to a physical machine. One that gets mentioned frequently on the Citrix website is PlateSpin.
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people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v there is tool from redhat which free to use– RajatFeb 1, 2010 at 12:39
Don't forget that if you join two servers into a pool, when you try to remove one from the pool, all the VM's on that machine are lost! It basically formats the local storage on that machine. Moving / Copying VM's is not so easy on Xen 5.5 IMHO. Can't beat the price though!
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I guess moving is quite easy,but the problem is only it takes so much time Aug 25, 2012 at 4:10