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  • 1.  How to schedule a Mobility group to start replication using PowerCLI

    Posted May 13, 2025 07:54 AM
    Edited by gertvangorp May 15, 2025 10:00 AM

    Hi, 

    I am trying to write a Powershell script that makes mobility groups for x VMs to be bulk migrated using HCX.

    I was using this blog as example.

    https://vmusketeers.com/2021/11/15/automating-hcx-cutover-using-powercli-hcx-powercli-vexpert/

    Now I am able to create the MobilityGroups with the VM's in there.

    I can stqrt to mobility group to start replication and I can put a schedule for the switchover.

    I want to be able just to put in a schedule to start the replication, which is possible using the UI.

    Manual starting using the command Start-HCXMigration works but I want to set a schedule....

    thanks

    Gert



  • 2.  RE: How to schedule a Mobility group to start replication using PowerCLI

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 29, 2025 05:38 PM

    This is currently not supported using PowerCLI. You may want to explore API as an alternate method. You can use a HAR dump to work out which API calls the UI is making, then create a PowerShell function.




  • 3.  RE: How to schedule a Mobility group to start replication using PowerCLI

    Posted May 30, 2025 02:57 AM

    How Do you make such a HAR dump?

    this will maybe filx my network mapping issue as well

    I I look at the VM config in HCX I see this

    while going deepir in the job config I see this.

    The migration works if I start this using powerCLI not using the UI.  Buyt at the end no networks are connected

    already thansk for your help

    gert