X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-docs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=pct.adoc;h=4ca8d7ee6fb8f3af79985f789f8e05d90f65d58d;hp=12b9765358c7026ab920b33672004c8f876e6f51;hb=7ec90af331deb3f3e37155a66130aa295d4341e3;hpb=304eb5a9e1f05427c8c87121e75e0b305c411be8 diff --git a/pct.adoc b/pct.adoc index 12b9765..4ca8d7e 100644 --- a/pct.adoc +++ b/pct.adoc @@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ Container Settings General Settings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +[thumbnail="gui-create-ct-general.png"] + General settings of a container include * the *Node* : the physical server on which the container will run @@ -690,6 +692,26 @@ NOTE: If you have changed the container's configuration since the last start attempt with `pct start`, you need to run `pct start` at least once to also update the configuration used by `lxc-start`. +[[pct_migration]] +Migration +--------- + +If you have a cluster, you can migrate your Containers with + + pct migrate + +This works as long as your Container is offline. If it has local volumes or +mountpoints defined, the migration will copy the content over the network to +the target host if there is the same storage defined. + +If you want to migrate online Containers, the only way is to use +restart migration. This can be initiated with the -restart flag and the optional +-timeout parameter. + +A restart migration will shut down the Container and kill it after the specified +timeout (the default is 180 seconds). Then it will migrate the Container +like an offline migration and when finished, it starts the Container on the +target node. [[pct_configuration]] Configuration