The invention discloses a method for realizing
virtual machine disk image cross-storage
live migration and a
virtual machine system and relates to the technical field of virtual machines. The method for realizing
virtual machine disk image cross-storage
live migration comprises the steps that an initial
disk image is copied to a target
storage area when a source side virtual
machine operates, change, occurring during
copying, of a source side disk image is recorded, and a corresponding I / O function digit image is generated; the source side virtual
machine is stopped temporarily after
copying of the initial disk image is completed, and the I / O function digit image is copied to the target
storage area; a target side virtual
machine is started, and the source side disk image is reserved and copied to the target
storage area. According to the method for realizing virtual machine disk image cross-storage
live migration and the virtual machine
system, the change, occurring during the period when the source side disk image is copied to the target side from the source side, of the source side disk image is recorded through the I / O function digit image, repeated
copying of the disk image is avoided, and the overall virtual machine migration time is shortened; meanwhile, the virtual machine on the target side can be started after copying of the disk image and the I / O function digit image is completed, and thus the
operating time during which the virtual machine is switched to the target side from the source side is greatly shortened.