To upgrade by migrating to a new Virtuozzo 7 server, do the following:
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Update the selected Virtuozzo 6 server (from which you will migrate VMs and containers) to the latest version. You can do this by running
yum update. -
Back up all VMs and containers on the selected Virtuozzo 6 server. You can do this with the
pbackuptool. - Perform a fresh install of Virtuozzo 7 on a different (new) server. For instructions, see the Virtuozzo 7 Installation Guide.
- Migrate VMs and containers to it from the selected Virtuozzo 6 server. For more details, see Chapter 4, Migrating VMs and Containers from Virtuozzo 6 to Virtuozzo 7.
- If you store VM and container backups on a Virtuozzo 6 server, move them to a Virtuozzo 7 server as described in Chapter 5, Restoring Virtuozzo 6 Backups to Virtuozzo 7 Servers.
