Move a cloud server disk

Last update: October 05 2026Open in Markdown

You can only transfer a network volume:

• to another pool segment in any availability zone and any region — when transferring, you can select another project or account;
• to another project or account — only within the same pool segment.

Move a disk to another pool segment

To transfer a volume to another pool segment, you need to create its image, transfer the image, and create a new volume from it. It is not possible to transfer a volume directly to another pool segment.

When transferring a volume image, you can select another project or account.

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

Move a disk to another project or account

You can transfer a network volume to another project or account only within the same pool segment. You can transfer one volume or multiple volumes at once.

Control panel

Move a single disk

1. Detach the volume from the cloud server.

2. In the Control panel, in the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.

3. Go to the Volumes section.

4. In the volume menu, select Transfer to another project.

5. Click Start transfer. The volume status will change to AWAITING_TRANSFER and it will be unavailable for work.

6. Save the transfer ID and key.

7. Optional: to cancel the transfer at any time (switch the volume back to the ACTIVE status), in the volume menu, select Manage transfer and click Cancel transfer.

8. In a separate browser tab, open the project to which you want to transfer the volume.

9. In the Control panel, in the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.

10. Go to the Volumes section.

11. Click Transfer volumes.

12. Select Accept volumes.

13. Select the location from which the volumes are being transferred from the source project or account.

14. Select Accept one volume.

15. Enter the transfer ID and key that you saved in step 6.

16. Click Accept volume.

Transfer multiple volumes

1. Detach the volume from the cloud server.

2. In the Control panel, in the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.

3. Go to the Volumes section.

4. Click Transfer volumes.

5. Select Select volumes to transfer.

6. Select the location from which you need to transfer the volumes.

7. Select the required volumes.

8. Click Download JSON file. A JSON file with transfer data will be downloaded to your computer. The volumes will enter the AWAITING_TRANSFER status and will be unavailable for use.

9. Optional: to cancel the transfer at any time (switch the volume back to the ACTIVE status), in the volume menu, select Manage transfer and click Cancel transfer.

10. In a separate browser tab, open the project to which you want to transfer the volume.

11. In the Control panel, in the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.

12. Go to the Volumes section.

13. Click Transfer volumes.

14. Select Accept volumes.

15. Select the location from which the volumes are being transferred from the source project or account.

16. Select Accept volumes from JSON and attach the JSON file that you received in step 8. A list of volumes to transfer will appear.

17. Click Accept volumes.

OpenStack CLI

1. Open the OpenStack CLI.

2. Detach the volume from the cloud server:

   openstack server remove volume <server> <volume>

   Specify:

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

3. Create a request to transfer the volume to another project:

   openstack volume transfer request create <volume>

4. If you want to transfer multiple volumes at once, enter:

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

5. Save the following 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>