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  • 1.  Migrate VM from one vcenter to other vcenter

    Posted Nov 14, 2018 04:53 PM

    i have two VCenter with two PSC ( not impeded ), i need the migrate some VM ( storage & compute )

    please any one have idea how can i do this.

    I read in a site that we can do it with cross VCenter Vmotion ? if true, how can do that !

    thank you in advance.



  • 2.  RE: Migrate VM from one vcenter to other vcenter

    Posted Nov 14, 2018 04:55 PM

    We need more information about your architecture and versions. Please provide details on your environment.



  • 3.  RE: Migrate VM from one vcenter to other vcenter
    Best Answer

    Posted Nov 14, 2018 08:27 PM

    I agree with daphnissov

    Regarding Cross vCenter vMotion VMware released a fling called "Cross vCenter Workload Migration Utility" where you are able to migrate virtual machines in bulk from a graphical user interface between vCenter servers using the Cross-vCenter vMotion feature.

    Cross vCenter Workload Migration Utility



  • 4.  RE: Migrate VM from one vcenter to other vcenter

    Posted Nov 14, 2018 09:53 PM

    I had an old vSphere 6.0 environment that I didn't want to connect to my new 6.5 vCenters, so we used a shared datastore for migrations. Basically I had a migration datastore that was accessible and mounted to both vCenters, then I'd s-vMotion the vm being migrated to the datastore, power down and remove the vm from the inventory of the source vCenter and add to the inventory on the destination vCenter. Make any config changes necessary for network etc and power on.

    I'm sure there a several valid methods depending on your needs, but this one worked for us.