Migrating virtual machines between zones

[miloserdoff]

Hello. I have created 2 zones on which pods and clusters with hosts are running. Is it possible to somehow migrate a virtual machine between these zones? How can this be done? If not, please describe in detail why this cannot be done?

[rajujith]

@miloserdoff We can't migrate virtual machines across zones as per the current design. I am assuming the main reason is a lack of use case. However, you can copy templates, volumes(generate a URL and upload to the target zone), and snapshots across zones to redeploy the instance.

[miloserdoff]

@rajujith How can I take a snapshot of a VM and upload it to another zone?

[rajujith]

@miloserdoff There is an option to select remote zones while taking volume snapshots introduced in CloudStack 4.19: https://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-snapshot-copy/