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On 2016-12-12 13:38, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 08:04:00PM +0100, Leeteqxv wrote:
>> So I am really looking for which files/folders I need to copy
>> from the old system into the new installation, or, alternatively,
>> if I can "migrate" or point the new system to create a new
>> Template and a new AppVM by pointing it to a folder on the old
>> disk to use as a template for the creation. How can this be
>> done?
>
> You can copy appropriate directories from /var/lib/qubes/ related
> to that VMs into your new installation (make sure to place them in
> exactly the same location: appvms/ or vm-templates/), then use
> qvm-add-template (for templates) and qvm-add-appvm (for appvms) to
> register them in Qubes. Do not override any files, if VM with the
> same name already exists, rename or remove it first. After this
> operation, proceed to template upgrade procedure you've already
> found.
>
Thanks; I didn't know about these tools. In the case of AppVMs, how is
this different from creating a new AppVM with the same name as the old
one, then replacing the new private.img with the old one? Or do both
methods achieve the same effect?
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