From 62c6b95845fdf567eb503ac5504e6ed289d4f576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abhishek Kumar Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:33:21 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] systemvm: vmware migration changes Signed-off-by: Abhishek Kumar --- source/adminguide/systemvm.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/adminguide/systemvm.rst b/source/adminguide/systemvm.rst index dabd259562..b3f6e5b25a 100644 --- a/source/adminguide/systemvm.rst +++ b/source/adminguide/systemvm.rst @@ -812,6 +812,13 @@ The administrator can log in to the secondary storage VM if needed. .. |vr-upgrade.png| image:: /_static/images/vr-upgrade.png :alt: Button to upgrade VR to use the new template. +Migrating System VMs +-------------------- + +System VMs (any of the Console Proxy VM, Secondary Storage VM, Virtual Router or Load Balancer) can be migrated across hosts using migrateSysteVm API or migrate action in the UI. These VMs can be migrated between hosts of the same cluster only. + +Since 4.16, for VMware, migration of System VMs can also be done a destination host in a different cluster belonging to the same pod. Storage migration of the stopped System VMs is also supported. + Troubleshoot networks from System VMs ------------------------------------- .. |run-diagnostics-icon.png| image:: /_static/images/run-diagnostics-icon.png From 9e640be37d8736fb9c277682f6044f9c9b4fd804 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abhishek Kumar Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 09:51:26 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] refactor systemvm storage migration note Co-authored-by: Andrija Panic <45762285+andrijapanicsb@users.noreply.github.com> --- source/adminguide/systemvm.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/adminguide/systemvm.rst b/source/adminguide/systemvm.rst index b3f6e5b25a..805a4f4a05 100644 --- a/source/adminguide/systemvm.rst +++ b/source/adminguide/systemvm.rst @@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ Migrating System VMs System VMs (any of the Console Proxy VM, Secondary Storage VM, Virtual Router or Load Balancer) can be migrated across hosts using migrateSysteVm API or migrate action in the UI. These VMs can be migrated between hosts of the same cluster only. -Since 4.16, for VMware, migration of System VMs can also be done a destination host in a different cluster belonging to the same pod. Storage migration of the stopped System VMs is also supported. +Since CloudStack 4.16, for VMware, migration of System VMs can also be done to a destination host in a different cluster belonging to the same pod (in case of cluster-wide primary storage pools, this will cause the Root volume of the system VM to be migrated to the appropriate datastore in the new cluster). Storage migration of stopped System VMs is also supported. Troubleshoot networks from System VMs -------------------------------------