Pv Migrate

pv-migrate Plugin

CLI tool to easily migrate or backup/restore Kubernetes persistent volumes.

Commands

PVC

• pv-migrate pvc migrate — Migrate data from one PVC to another
• pv-migrate pvc backup — Backup a PVC to S3/Azure/GCS bucket storage
• pv-migrate pvc restore — Restore a PVC from bucket storage

Usage Examples

• "Migrate data from one PVC to another"
• "Backup a Kubernetes persistent volume"
• "Restore a PVC from S3"
• "Move data between namespaces"

Installation

brew install pv-migrate

Examples

# Migrate PVC to a new larger PVC
pv-migrate migrate old-pvc new-pvc -n mynamespace

# Migrate across namespaces
pv-migrate migrate src-pvc dest-pvc -s src-ns -d dest-ns

# Backup to S3
pv-migrate backup my-pvc --s3-bucket my-backups --s3-path pvc-backups/

# Restore from S3
pv-migrate restore my-pvc --s3-bucket my-backups --s3-path pvc-backups/

# Cross-cluster migration via load balancer
pv-migrate migrate old-pvc new-pvc --strategies loadbalancer

# Push mode for firewall/NAT scenarios
pv-migrate migrate old-pvc new-pvc --rsync-push

Key Features

• PVC-to-PVC migration (same or different namespaces)
• Cross-cluster data migration
• S3/Azure Blob/GCS bucket backup and restore
• Multiple transfer strategies (mount, clusterip, loadbalancer, nodeport, local)
• rsync over SSH with auto-generated keys
• Custom rclone remotes support
• Detach mode for large transfers