1.Live migration setup
- Source host creates TCP connection with destination host
- VM configuration data is transferred to destination host
- A skeleton VM is setup at destination host
- Physical memory is allocated to that VM
- In-state memory (working set) of the VM will be transferred first
- Default page size is 4 KB
- All utilized pages will be copied to destination
- Modified pages are tracked by source and marked as being modified
- Several iteration of copy process will take place
- VM is then registered and the device state is transferred
- Less modified pages implies fast migration
- Total working set is copied to destination
- Till this step VM at destination host is not online
- Now the VM is completely migrated and running on destination host
- Message is sent to physical network switch causes it to relearn MAC address of migrated VM