KVM/Offline Migrate or move a virtual machine between two KVM servers without shared storage

How To offline Migrate or move a virtual machine between two KVM servers without shared storage

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 * 1. Stop you VMs:  and
 * 2. Create a configuration xml dump:  > VM_MACHINE_dump.xml
 * 3.  files to new server image directory:   or   (verify files owner and group)
 * 4. Depending on your Origin and destination host you may need to edit xml file and modify network interface and remove MAC address. (See MacVTap)
 * 5. Create machine but do not start it:  (virsh list --all)
 * 6. Configure autostart:
 * 7. Start Machine: