VMware vSphere

Hello,

Is it posible to migrate a virtual machine from a esxi host to another using commnd line and not by web?

thanks.

Hi,

there's the PowerCli Cmdlet Move-VM that will start a vmotion.

Move-VM

Cheers

I don't know how to enable Powercli in mi ESXi

couldn't I migrate theese vms by vim-cmd or esxcli?

vMotion is a feature of the vCenter so the host them self doesnt know about.

• Install PowerCLI on Windows(Powershell)
• Install vSphere CLI on Linux/Windows (Perl)
• Write a Script which connects against vCenter and perform a vMotion

There is a REST API comming around the corner within the new 6.7 vCenter. Rest means URLs which often ends up in a one-line so a cURL or Wget can be used and the later one is available in the Busybox of a ESXi. But i preferer to use my admin PC for that kind of jobs.

Regards

Joerg

no as vmotion is a vCenter led process and for that you need powercli and not esxcli

here is how you can install it Install PowerCLI and then connect to esxi host using powercli and run the move command.