Are you trying to convert (P2V) a physical server into a VM and then after repurpose the same server into a standalone PVE host? If so, then definitely it won't be quick, especially without some kind of shared storage.
You could potentially reduce the time needed by following these steps... - P2V your physical server into a VM at your test PVE cluster. - Shutdown original server and then start its VM version on your test cluster. Leave it running there for some days and see if everything is working properly. - Repurpose original server into a PVE host but do _not_ add it as a new cluster member on your test cluster. Just connect it to the same physical network. - Start copying the running VM onto this standalone PVE host. You could use rsync for example or zfs send/recv if you are using ZFS at both sides. - Once transfer is finished, shutdown the VM on the test cluster and then immediately do a final rsync or zfs send/receive so that the latest changes are replicated on the target server. - Create a new VM on standalone server and attach the VM disk onto it. - Start the VM on standalone server and delete it from your test cluster. Yannis On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 14:00, Marco Gaiarin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I need to do a P2V 'in place' for a server, and i can use for that a > 'test cluster' (two HP Microserver) i own. > But the final result would be two different clusters. > > Also, i don't have too much space or time, so my idea is (as just done > before): > > 1) P2V the server in my test cluster > > 2) reinstall the server with pve, join to the cluster > > 3) migrate the VM to the server. > > 4) 'detach' the cluster, eg, following: > > https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Cluster_Manager > > delete from server my test cluster and delete from test cluster my > server. > > > But is this way the server will belong to my 'test cluster', and > clusters cannot be renamed, right? > > There's some way to 'uncluster' a server? > > > Thanks. > > -- > dott. Marco Gaiarin GNUPG Key ID: > 240A3D66 > Associazione ``La Nostra Famiglia'' > http://www.lanostrafamiglia.it/ > Polo FVG - Via della Bontà , 7 - 33078 - San Vito al Tagliamento > (PN) > marco.gaiarin(at)lanostrafamiglia.it t +39-0434-842711 f > +39-0434-842797 > > Dona il 5 PER MILLE a LA NOSTRA FAMIGLIA! > http://www.lanostrafamiglia.it/index.php/it/sostienici/5x1000 > (cf 00307430132, categoria ONLUS oppure RICERCA SANITARIA) > > > _______________________________________________ > pve-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile _______________________________________________ pve-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user
