From 3813f98c1d3adfe6251ee0d93bb0b63a18bde59e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: root <root@hermes.paraskeva.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 20:47:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Proxmox MCP medium: P5 live migration tool

---
 src/proxmox_mcp/tools/guests.py | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/proxmox_mcp/tools/guests.py b/src/proxmox_mcp/tools/guests.py
index a4f8556..b1e5b8d 100644
--- a/src/proxmox_mcp/tools/guests.py
+++ b/src/proxmox_mcp/tools/guests.py
@@ -322,6 +322,41 @@ def register(mcp: FastMCP) -> None:
         except (GuardError, ProxmoxAPIError) as exc:
             return json.dumps({"status": "error", "message": str(exc)}, indent=2)
 
+
+    # ── Migration tools ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    @mcp.tool()
+    def proxmox_migrate_vm(
+        node: str,
+        vmid: int,
+        target_node: str,
+        online: bool = True,
+        target: str = "",
+    ) -> str:
+        """Migrate a VM or LXC container to another node.
+
+        For QEMU VMs: set online=True for live migration.
+        For LXC containers: migration is always offline.
+        """
+        try:
+            require_writes()
+            client = get_client(target=target)
+            try:
+                # Try QEMU first — supports live migration
+                data: dict = {"target": target_node}
+                if online:
+                    data["online"] = 1
+                result = client.post(f"nodes/{node}/qemu/{vmid}/migrate", data=data)
+            except ProxmoxAPIError:
+                # Fall back to LXC — containers cannot be live-migrated
+                result = client.post(
+                    f"nodes/{node}/lxc/{vmid}/migrate",
+                    data={"target": target_node},
+                )
+            return json.dumps(result, indent=2, default=str)
+        except (GuardError, ProxmoxAPIError) as exc:
+            return json.dumps({"status": "error", "message": str(exc)}, indent=2)
+
     # ── Snapshot tools ───────────────────────────────────────────
 
     @mcp.tool()