root@lib28:~# echo 'info migrate' | /usr/bin/socat STDIO UNIX-CONNECT:/var/run/ganeti/kvm-hypervisor/ctrl/theta.ffzg.hr.monitor | grep dirty dirty sync count: 1526 dirty pages rate: 32512 pages It never ends Useful hints are at https://github.com/ganeti/ganeti/issues/950 root@lib28:~# echo 'migrate_cancel' | /usr/bin/socat STDIO UNIX-CONNECT:/var/run/ganeti/kvm-hypervisor/ctrl/theta.ffzg.hr.monitor | grep dirty root@lib28:~# echo 'info migrate' | /usr/bin/socat STDIO UNIX-CONNECT:/var/run/ganeti/kvm-hypervisor/ctrl/theta.ffzg.hr.monitor | grep dirty ok, it stopped. root@lib26:/home/dpavlin/instances# gnt-instance modify -H migration_downtime=2000 theta Modified instance theta - hv/migration_downtime -> 2000 Ensure that kvm is correctly configured: gnt-cluster modify -H kvm:migration_caps=xbzrle:auto-converge:zero-blocks