How to move data volume between VMs using 3Engines CLI on 3Engines Cloud[🔗](#how-to-move-data-volume-between-vms-using-3Engines-cli-on-brand-name "Permalink to this headline")
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Volumes are used to store data and those data can be accessed from a virtual machine to which the volume is attached. To access data stored on a volume from another virtual machine, you need to disconnect that volume from virtual machine to which it is currently connected, and connect it to another instance.

This article uses 3Engines CLI client to transfer volumes between virtual machines which are in the same project.

Prerequisites[🔗](#prerequisites "Permalink to this headline")
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No. 1 **Hosting**

You need a 3Engines Cloud hosting account with Horizon interface <https://horizon.3Engines.com>.

No. 2 **3Engines CLI client**

To be able to use the 3Engines CLI client, you need to have it installed. One of these articles should help: