Move the disk

Last update: March 04 2024

Move the disk

Only network volume can be migrated:

• to another pool segment of any availability zone and any region — you can choose another cloud platform project or account when migrating;
• to another project or account — only within the same pool segment.

Move the disk to another segment of the pool⁠

To move a disk to another pool segment, you must create an image of it, move the image, and create a new disk from it. It is not possible to directly move a disk to another segment of the pool.

When migrating a disk image, you can select a different cloud platform project or account.

1. Create a disk image.
2. Transfer the image to another pool segment.
3. Create disk from image.

Transfer the disk to another project or account⁠

You can move a network disk to another cloud platform project or account only within a single pool segment. You can migrate a single disk or several at once.

Control panel

Move one disk⁠

1. Disconnect the disk from the cloud server.
2. In Control Panel, go to Cloud Platform → Disks.
3. From the menu ( ) of the disk, select Move to another project.
4. Press Start Transfer. The drive will go into AWAITING-TRANSFER status and will not be available for operation. In the window that opens, you will see the data to complete the transfer — Transfer ID and Key.
5. Optional: to cancel the migration (put the drive back to ACTIVE status) at any time, from the menu ( ) of the drive, select Move Control and press Cancel Migration.
6. In the adjacent browser tab, open the project to which you want to move the disk.
7. Go to Cloud Platform → Disks. Make sure you open a list of disks in the same pool segment from which the disk is being migrated.
8. From the menu ( ) of the section header, select Receive disks from another project.
9. In the window that opens, enter the Transfer ID and Key that you received in step 4. Press Accept.

Transfer multiple disks⁠

1. Disconnect disk from cloud servers.
2. In Control Panel, go to Cloud Platform → Disks.
3. From the menu ( ) of the section header, select Move disks to another project.
4. Check the desired disks and click Download List. A JSON file with the data to be transferred will be downloaded to your computer. The disks will go to AWAITING-TRANSFER status and will not be available for operation.
5. Optional: to cancel the migration (put the drive back to ACTIVE status) at any time, from the menu ( ) of the drive, select Move Control and press Cancel Migration.
6. In the adjacent browser tab, open the project to which you want to migrate disks.
7. Go to Cloud Platform → Disks. Make sure that you open a list of disks from the same pool segment from which the disks are being migrated.
8. From the menu ( ) of the section header, select Receive disks from another project.
9. In the window that opens, open the Multiple Disks tab.
10. Click Upload List and attach the JSON file you received in step 4. The list of disks to be migrated appears.
11. Check the list of disks. Press Accept.

OpenStack CLI

1. Open OpenStack CLI.

2. Disconnect the disk from the cloud server:

   openstack server remove volume <server> <volume>

   Specify:

   • <server> — server name or ID, can be viewed with openstack server list
   • <volume> — disk name or ID, can be viewed with 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 transfer multiple disks at once, enter:

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

5. Save from the output of the command:

   • auth_key — the value of the key;
   • id is the ID of the transfer.

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>