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Selfish_21 posted Nov 28, 2024 08:55 AM

 Hi all.
I have a VM with 2 hard disks (2 partitions), one hard disk is for Windows System and the other one is for Data. The first hard disk is part of a data storage and the second hard disk is part of another data storage.
Now, I want to move the second hard disk from the current data storage to another one, because I don't have enough space for snapshots, Veeam B&R won't run too because of that, not in the best situation right now. What is the easiest and safest method to accomplish? Using vSphere client or vCenter? This is my first time doing it. Just need one disk from the VM to move, not the entire VM.

In the Migrate option (change storage only) I don't see option to move only one hard disk.

Thank you.

License: VMware vSphere 6 EssentialsPlusKit 

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Sondre Boe Hernes

Hi Jardan,

I'm currently using vSphere 7, where there's an option to configure settings per disk. From what I've found online, it seems this should also be possible in vSphere 6.

In your view, is there an advanced option tab? Alternatively, have you tried performing the migration using PowerShell?

Best regards,
Sondre

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a.tinivelli

as mentioned in the other post, ok to do it from this screem