Move a cloud server disk

Last update: May 30 2026

You can only move a network volume:

• to another pool segment of any availability zone and any region — during the move, you can select a different project or account;
• to another project or account — only within the same pool segment.

Move a disk to another pool segment

To move a disk to another pool segment, you must create its image, move the image, and create a new disk from it. Moving a disk directly to another pool segment is impossible.

When moving a disk image, you can choose a different project or account.

1. Create a disk image.
2. Transfer the image to another pool segment.
3. Create a disk from the image.
4. Optional: delete the disk image.

Move a disk to another project or account

You can move a network volume to another project or account only within the same pool segment. You can migrate a single disk or several disks at once.

Control panel

Move a single disk

1. Detach the disk from the cloud server.
2. In the Control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.
3. Go to the Disks section.
4. In the menu for the disk, select Move to another project.
5. Click Start transfer. The disk will enter the AWAITING_TRANSFER status and will be unavailable for use. The window that opens will display the data required to complete the transfer — the Transfer ID and Key.
6. Optional: to cancel the transfer at any time (return the disk to the ACTIVE status), in the menu for the disk, select Manage transfer and click Cancel transfer.
7. In a new browser tab, open the project to which you want to move the disk.
8. In the Control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.
9. Go to the Disks section. Make sure that you have opened the list of disks in the same pool segment from which the disk is being moved.
10. In the menu for the section header, select Accept disks from another project.
11. In the window that opens, enter the Transfer ID and Key you received in step 5. Click Accept.

Move multiple disks

1. Detach the disk from the cloud servers.
2. In the Control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.
3. Go to the Disks section.
4. In the menu for the section header, select Move disks to another project.
5. Select the required disks and click Download list. A JSON file with the transfer data will be downloaded to your computer. The disks will enter the AWAITING_TRANSFER status and will be unavailable for use.
6. Optional: to cancel the transfer at any time (return the disk to the ACTIVE status), in the menu for the disk, select Manage transfer and click Cancel transfer.
7. In a new browser tab, open the project to which you want to move the disks.
8. In the Control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.
9. Go to the Disks section. Make sure that you have opened the list of disks in the same pool segment from which the disks are being moved.
10. In the menu for the section header, select Accept disks from another project.
11. In the window that opens, open the Multiple disks tab.
12. Click Upload list and attach the JSON file you received in step 6. A list of disks to be moved will appear.
13. Check the list of disks. Click Accept.

OpenStack CLI

1. Open OpenStack CLI.

2. Detach the disk from the cloud server:

   openstack server remove volume <server> <volume>

   Specify:

   • <server> — the server ID or name. You can view the list using openstack server list
   • <volume> — the disk ID or name. You can view the list using openstack volume list

3. Create a request to move the disk to another project:

   openstack volume transfer request create <volume>

4. If you want to move multiple disks at once, enter:

   openstack volume transfer request create <volume_1> <volume_2> <volume_3>

5. Save from the command output:

   • auth_key — key value;
   • id — transfer ID.

6. Optional: to cancel the transfer, delete the request:

   openstack volume transfer request delete <id>

7. Configure authorization in OpenStack CLI for another project.

8. Confirm the transfer:

   openstack volume transfer request accept --auth-key <auth_key> <id>