Thanks for the suggestions. Move is not for another month. Going to do a dry run next week.
On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Geoff Higginbottom < [email protected]> wrote: > Kirk is right, us CS to shutdown all VMs, this will remove any VM to Host > mapping and ensure all VMs are safely stored on storage. > > I would seriously consider taking a backup of storage before moving it as > you never know someone could drop the chassis etc. > > Once all VMs are stopped, place all storage into maintenance mode, then do > the same with Hosts, this will ensure all System VMs are stopped. > > You can then shutdown your CS and DB nodes, hosts and storage. > > Once everything is in its new home, bring storage online, then hosts and > do some basic tests before powering on the DB and CS nodes. > > Once DB and CS nodes are online, bring storage and a couple of Hosts out > of maintenance mode and ensure System VMs come online and function > correctly. Test importing / exporting templates etc to test all network > components. > > Once you are happy everything is working OK, bring remaining hosts out of > maintenance and start to bring your Guest VMs online, but do so in small > batches and test to make sure everything is performing normally etc. > > Regards > > Geoff Higginbottom > > D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581 > > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kirk Jantzer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 07 August 2013 20:29 > To: Cloudstack users mailing list > Subject: Re: Physically moving an installation > > I would use CS to shutdown all instances. Then shutdown the management > server, then hosts, then reverse it on the other end. But wait for others > to chime in before moving forward. > > Regards, > > Kirk Jantzer > http://about.me/kirkjantzer > On Aug 7, 2013 8:21 PM, "Carlos Reategui" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is probably more of a question for the XS forums but thought I'd > > get you alls perspective too. > > We are moving buildings and need to move our CS + XS hardware. What > > it the recommended way to do that? > > > > I was thinking of the following steps: > > 1) stop the CS management server > > 2) pause/stop every VM using XenCenter (CS system VMs last?) > > 3) shutdown XS hosts > > 4) shutdown Management Server host (also NFS server) > > 5) move > > On the other end I would: > > 1) boot Management Server Host (make sure CS Management Server is > > stopped, and NFS is up) > > 2) boot XS hosts > > 3) Use XenCenter to start all VMs (CS system vms first?) > > 4) Start CS Management Server > > > > Anything I am missing? > > > > thanks, > > Carlos > > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or > opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the > intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender > if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a > company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is > operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered > trademark. >
