Migration of VMs from CORE to SCALE

[Spunky17]

Okay, so looking to migrate from CORE to SCALE. I have a number of VMs running under CORE that I'd like to continue running under SCALE. I know that the upgrade process from CORE to SCALE is supposed to bring along the VMs and setup them up to run just as they did previously, however I'm considering performing a fresh install of SCALE. My system has been running for years from back when it was still FreeNAS and I'm just thinking it might be time to clean house and get rid of all the old stuff still tagging along from upgrade after upgrade. What I'm wondering is if there is a way to migrate the VMs manually? Is it just as simple as recreating the VM under SCALE and pointing it at the existing disk files and hitting start? Is there a script that runs during the upgrade process that does something besides just export the settings and then import them under the new SCALE system?

 

[sretalla]

With something like this you can do that:

Copying raw disk image (from qnap iscsi) into ZVol/Volume - correct "of=" path?

Hello, I am migrating from a QNap to a fresh TrueNas, and trying to take disk images previously shared by iSCSI on the QNAP and load them into a new ZVol to then share via iSCSI. I have the image file locally on the TrueNas box, but need to copy the disk image file into a precreated Zvol. I...

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[Spunky17]

Thanks for the tip @sretalla. I should have mentioned that I'm going to do the fresh install on the same system where my existing data pools are by just using a new boot disk for the SCALE install. This means that I've just got to import the pools and I'll have my VM disks right there and available.

 

[sretalla]

Yes, but you'll still need to convert the images from RAW in order to use them in KVM

 

[Spunky17]

Ah, I see that and thanks for your patience.