Abstract: A virtual machine status probe method includes obtaining an invocation message and an identifier of a first virtual machine, invoking a probe script based on the invocation message, and transferring the identifier of the first virtual machine to the probe script, sending a probe packet to a source device by running the probe script, receiving feedback information sent by the source device, where the feedback information is used to indicate the status of the first virtual machine, and determining, based on the feedback information, whether to recreate the first virtual machine in the destination device.