User`s guide

Operations on Virtual Machines and Containers 51
Note: In the current version of Parallels Server Bare Metal, you cannot migrate Containers
running Windows Server 2008 to virtual machines.
Requirements for the destination Server
The destination server must meet the following requirements:
 Has enough hard disk space to store the resulting virtual machine and Container.
 Has enough memory and CPU power to run the resulting virtual machine and Container.
 Has a stable network connection with the source server.
Migrating Virtual Machines and Containers Between Parallels Servers
In Parallels Server Bare Metal, you can choose one of the following ways to migrate a virtual
machine and Container:
 Migrating a virtual machine and Container using the standard migration technology. In this
case there is a short downtime needed to stop and start the virtual machine and Container
during its migration from the source server to the destination server.
 Migrating a virtual machine and Container using the zero downtime migration technology.
In this case the stop and start operations are not performed and the migrated virtual machine
and Container is restored on the destination server in the same state as it was at the
beginning of the migration. This greatly reduces the migration time and puts it on the same
footing as the delay caused by a short interruption in the network connectivity.
Note: In this version of Parallels Server Bare Metal, the zero-downtime migration is
supported for Containers only.
Both ways are described in the following subsections in detail.