Move a cloud server disk

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 volume will enter the AWAITING_TRANSFER status and will be unavailable for use.

6. Save the transfer ID and key.

7. Optional: to cancel the transfer at any time (to return the volume to the ACTIVE status), in the volume's 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, on 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, on 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 the 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 (to return the volume to the ACTIVE status), in the volume's 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, on 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> — the server ID or name. You can view the list using openstack server list
   • <volume> — the volume ID or name. You can view the list using 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 — the key value;
   • id — the transfer ID.

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

   openstack volume transfer request delete <id>

7. Configure authorization in OpenStack CLI for the other project.

8. Confirm the transfer:

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