2.2. Upgrading by Migrating to New Servers

To upgrade by migrating to a new Virtuozzo 7 server, do the following:

  1. 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.
  2. Back up all VMs and containers on the selected Virtuozzo 6 server. You can do this with the pbackup tool.
  3. Perform a fresh install of Virtuozzo 7 on a different (new) server. For instructions, see the Virtuozzo 7 Installation Guide.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.