[lxc-users] near-live migration

[Ron Kelley]

While not a direct answer, I filled an enhancement bug recently for this 
exact topic (incremental snapshots to remote server). The enhancement was 
approved, but I don't know when it will be included in the next LXD version.


On May 30, 2017 11:52:34 AM Kees Bos <cornelis.bos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Right now I'm using the sequence 'stop - move - start' for migration of
> containers (live migration fails too often).
>
> The 'move' step can take some time. I wonder if it would be easy to
> implement/do something like:
>   - prepare move (e.g. take snapshot an copy upto snaphot)
>   - stop
>   - copy the rest
>   - remove snapshot on dst
>   - remove container from src
>   - start container on dst
>
> That would minimize downtime without the complexity of a live
> migration.
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> Kees
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