# Migrate PV to Xen Server

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/migrate-pv-to-xen-server/34685>\
**Category:** SLES Virtualization\
**Created:** [January 10, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/migrate-pv-to-xen-server/34685 "2020-01-10T00:01:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![edersonweber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ad7895/32.png) [@edersonweber](https://forums.suse.com/u/edersonweber)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/migrate-pv-to-xen-server/34685/1 "2020-01-10T00:01:29Z")

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hi, i need migrate my phisical server to xen server, and have a problem with the boot, stay only in “start running job”, in both hard virtual disks(swap and /), i check the fstab and grub2, reestruct all files and continues with the start running job, have a best practs to migrave one phisical server to virtual server?, i uses to command “dd”, create and (dd if=/dev/sda of=/bkp/suse.img) converted from “suse.img” to “suse.vhd” and import, i see the boot, and can chose start normally or rescue, but stop in the start running job, is possible migrate without uses new installation?  
thanks

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**Author:** ![Andreas1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Andreas1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Andreas1)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/migrate-pv-to-xen-server/34685/2 "2020-01-11T15:24:17Z")

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Hardware migration or virtual machine migrations needs a full backup and restore. See:  
[https://forums.suse.com/showthread.php?14400-Extend-Root-Partition&p=59193#post59193](https://forums.suse.com/showthread.php?14400-Extend-Root-Partition&p=59193#post59193)  
for more details about “full backup and restore” with SLE15.

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**Author:** ![edersonweber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ad7895/32.png) [@edersonweber](https://forums.suse.com/u/edersonweber)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/migrate-pv-to-xen-server/34685/3 "2020-01-11T20:21:50Z")

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Hi, thanks for help, i try this link, and stop in same part, start job running, i edit the grub.cfg and put the uuid in the line, but change only the name in the screen, start job…by-uuidxxxx458 and now job…by-uuidxxxxab4, i check the uuid by dvd rescue suse, i belive have another location/file, with problems…