Best way to migrate a virtual machine from local drive to Cluster?

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• Best way to move a virtual machine from local storage to iSCSI

  Migrate? Clone? Export? Other options?  No, we didn't have any iSCSI storage when we started.

  What about sVMotion?  in this way, you can perform a live migration.  If this is not the case, stop the comments and make a cold migration.  Two of these suggestions are assuming your vCenter running.

• Best way to move a virtual machine to new hardware

  I have a SBS 2011 VMS under ESXi 5.  The material is not enough and performance are slowed down.  I want to spend the SBS 2011 VMS to new hardware.  After install ESXi on the new hardware, which is the best way to move the virtual machine.  It's big enough, and it is a production server - I'm looking for fast and efficient.  What are the most common problems when moving from a virtual computer to new hardware?  Thank you!

  A virtual machine is encapsulated in a set of files, making it easy to carry; You can copy the files from the virtual machine using WinSCP or any other program to the destination host. Register the vmx on the new host and turn on the virtual machine. You may also look @ of Veeam FastSCP for this purpose. I have not had the chance to use it yet, but it's free and seems very popular with the community:

  http://www.Veeam.com/VMware-ESXi-FastSCP.html

• What is the best way to backup of virtual machines on a standalone ESX with the data store local

  Hello

  I want to save the virtual machines on a host ESX autonomous. and all of these virtual machines is the local data store.  What is the best way to save these virtual machines in this situation?

  And probably we don't provision VTL on the local data center, so it is possible to use VCB to backup? And VCB is a good choice compared to the traditional method that installs the backup client in each virtual machine?   Because I think that in this situation with the data store local, it cannot not reduced the load on ESX hosts and network overhead can be avoided.

  Thank you!

  LAN

  > 1. VCB usable remote tape library? I mean it's not local library and uses the tape library to another network data center.

  VCB is completely unrelated to the tape library, it is a framework, not a backup solution. If your standard backup software can work with the remote tape library you can try it to ungrateful with VCB.

  > 2. what the difference bwteen hot - added NBD and modes if there is that an ESX host with store data local and want to use a virtual machine like VCB proxy? I think that they are the same: the VCB proxy read data through the I/O of the ESX host stack in this situation.

  NBD works on network and the backup traffic goes through the service console connection. Hot add uses special machine for assistance to connect vmdk to and uses of e/s disk stack instead of e/s network.

  > 3. Veeam Backup is free software?

  No, it isn't.

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• Copy of Virtual Machine from external drive to SAN

  Hello

  I'm looking for advice on the best way to copy a Virtual Machine and its files from an external USB drive on an ESX Datastore (the data store is a logic on the SAN unit number that is attached to the ESX Server).

  I was going to connect a PC on the same VLan, set the USB to the PC then load vSphere Client, navigate to the data store and then choose 'download files '.  This is the recommended option?  I remember reading somewhere before on formatting the USB drive in FAT32 and then mount it on the ESX Server?

  Thank you.

  Forget about editing of the USB key to the ESX host. Just use vSphere client to transfer files, or enable SSH access to your host and use SCP (WinSCP or FastSCP are great options) to transfer your files to your data warehouses.

  If this post was useful/solved your problem, please mark the points of wire and price as seem you. Thank you!

• How to migrate a virtual machine from the server with DAS to another server

  Hi guys,.

  questions. 'More' essential Kit. VMotion is available

  I have 2 physical servers, two of them have DAS (not SAN Central). SO I want to migrate a virtual machine on server A to server B. is it possible in this situation?

  Or should I have versions of more expensive VMWare do?

  Thank you
  Dmitry

  You can use clone. I would close first to the bottom of the virtual machine, but a VM slowed would be very nice clone. You can also use the VMware conveter. VMware converter can make a hot clone, including synchronization of last-minute changes, stop the source machine and put under tension the clone.

• What is the best method to transfer a virtual machine from one PC to another?

  I am a novice in VMWare workstation. I created my first SharePoint 2010 development VM, and my boss wants me to give him a copy of my SP 2010 VM. He told me to just give him the. VMX file, but I believe that there must be a better method to transfer a virtual machine from one PC to another.

  Thanks in advance.

  Coltrane.

  Coltrane,

  to transfer a virtual machine from one PC to another, shut down the virtual computer and copy the complete folder with all the files (vmx, vmdk,...) on another PC.

  A thin to keep in mind (outside the Windows license) if the virtual machine is one attached to your network, you must change the copied disk - as you would with a cloned physical system - to have a unique host name, MAC address and IP address.

  André

• Migration of virtual machines from a data store, and then delete the data store?

  Hello

  I have a future deployment this month and my Director wants to build a new RAID 6 array, create a store of data with the new table and then move all the VMS to the newly created data store.

  Then he asked me to take the old data store and remove it and the available space between the deleted data store and other stores of data in our shared environment. The question is when the new raid is created and vm has migrated to the new data store, which is the best way to remove the data store empty and make sure that the space available for other data stores? Any help would be appreciated...

  Greg ~.

  If all controls are met, you can go ahead and take it apart without any problem.

  I have re-iterate below checks:

  -No virtual machine is in the data store

  -The data store is not part of the cluster data store

  -The data store is not managed by the DRS storage

  -IGCS is disabled for this data store

  -The data store is not used for vSphere HA heartbeat.

  Especially highlighted 2 controls. Please note that SIOC can be enabled on the data without SDR photo store

• migration of virtual machines from vss to vds

  I need to spend all my machines virtual vss a vds

  Basically, all virtual machines are on vswitch3

  I need to move them to dvs3

  I need to move network cards, the vss and vds have already available NIC so I just need to loop if the virtual machines per host and change the portgroup

  So, I have something like this...

  $vss_vlan50

  $vss_vlan60

  $vss = vswitch3

  $dvs = dvs3

  $vmhost_array = @(«host1, host2, host3")

  $vms_vss_vlan50 = get-VMHost $vmhost_array | Get-VirtualSwitch-name $vss | Get-VirtualPortGroup-name $vss_vlan50 | Get - VM

  {foreach ($vm to $vms_vss_vlan50)

  Get-NetworkAdapter $vm | %{

  $_ | Together-NetworkAdapter - PortGroup $dvs - confirm: $false

  }

  }

  Is there a better way to do it? I have to make a loop for each portgroup? I have tons of exchanges

  Thank you

  You can try it like that?

  $vss_vlan50

  $vss_vlan60

  $vss = vswitch3

  $dvs = dvs3

  $vmhost_array = @(«host1, host2, host3')

  Get-VMHost $vmhost_array |

  Get-VirtualSwitch-name $vss |

  Get-VirtualPortGroup-name $vss_vlan50 |

  Get - VM | Get-NetworkAdapter | Together-NetworkAdapter - Portgroup $dvs - confirm: $false

• Migration of virtual machines from 3.5 to 4.0

  Hello

  We have an ESX 3.5 environment and build a new 4.0 environment. Both use different VC. We want to spend our VM the 3.5 environment 4.0 at some point and I was wondering what is the best way to do it?

  I can not put 3.5 hosts on the VC 4.0 without adding existing licenses, which I am a bit reluctant to do, so is there another way?

  Thank you

  Install a new vcenter4, you have 60 days free until you put your key.

  Then, install the VUM4 a basis for to the host, vm tools and material.

  MCP, VCP

• Best way to determine what virtual machines switched from HA

  I've run into several situations where a lot of my cluster failed and HA was kicking, causing my virtual restart on another host.  Users in my company are asking if he machines are affected.

  I usually watch the host event logs to determine which customers have been affected, but wonder if there is a better way (Tools, scripts, automated reports, etc.).  I'm under ESXi 5.0 and DRS allowed through Automation complete.

  callMeChris wrote:

  I've run into several situations where a lot of my cluster failed and HA was kicking, causing my virtual restart on another host.  Users in my company are asking if he machines are affected.

  I usually watch the host event logs to determine which customers have been affected, but wonder if there is a better way (Tools, scripts, automated reports, etc.).  I'm under ESXi 5.0 and DRS allowed through Automation complete.

  the first hit on google: http://www.v-front.de/2012/06/how-to-list-vsphere-50-ha-restarts-with.html

• Best way to migrate virtual machines to new ESXi hosts with a different configuration of networking.

  We currently have a cluster of 6 Dell machines that move VM 120 or so on ESXi 5.5. Networking consists of a dVswitch with 6 uplinks that map to 6 x 1gig physical NETWORK adapters on each host ESXi... These are grouped into 3 trunks / gal, so we have 2 GB by SHIFTING of the bandwidth and failover. The LAGS are configured as follows:

  LAG1

  Traffic to our (NFS) shared data store and management of ESXi. (vmk0)

  LAG2

  Access to the network of the VM - groups of different ports on different VLANS

  LAG3

  vMotion (vmk1)

  We just bought 6 new Dell machines that have connections fiber 2 x 10gig each. The idea is to bring together in a 20Ggig LAG by machine that will handle all of the traffic, so traffic NFS data store, network traffic from the VM, vMotion and traffic management ESXi.

  
  

  What is the best way to migrate the virtual machine in the cluster existing to the new machines? Many of the virtual machine are essential, so we cannot stop time.

  
  

  Can I create the new DELAY on existing dVswitch and put it as an auxiliary card? I'll be able to do it for all 3 of the above both above LAGS?

  
  

  Thanks for the info Alistar, it's almost here. The bit that was me stumping was that after establishing a new dVswitch I received messages that the new dvSwitch was not reachable on the old host, when I tried to migrate the virtual computer.

  The solution (with the permission of VMware Support) was that I need to add the two dVswitches to one of the old hosts, then assign a physical alternative on this host uplink to a temporary 3 uplink on the new dVswitch. I then tag all the relevant VLAN that uplink.

  This way I can first migrate the virtual machine to the new dVswitch networking so I can move the computer to the new cluster.

  Obviously I can only migrate from old to new cluster with a single host. each virtual machine must be a double for the host with 2 switches, and then to the new cluster. I also had to have the two dVswitches to the same version.

  Fortunately, I had a physical rising spare on the hosts of the old, otherwise I would have had to break one of the trunks and re-use of one of these uplinks.

  Oh and be aware, impossible to use the same names for groups of ports 2 DV switches, they must be unique!

  Nick

• Best way to migrate without Vmotion virtual computer

  Hi all

  I was wondering if you have ESX vmotion but have HA which is the best way to migrate the virtual computer on to the oringal in a cluster host when HA moves a virtual machine because of a failure of the host.

  I know that you can export the VM over the other host when he returns to the top and you can add it to the inventory if it is a hardware failure and the original host will not return upward anytime soon.  What is the best way to achieve this?  is there maybe a console command to grow HA a virtual machine over another host or export is still the best way?

  Welcome to the forums - with vmotion output, there is no way to do it with out the time - the easiest way is to turn off the virtual machine - unsubscribe form the host is on - don't use the browser to store data on the second andreadd from host to host and turn on the virtual machine - you should be able to do this in less than 5 minutes.

  If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points marking the answer correct or useful

• Move a virtual machine from one host to another without vCenter Server

  Hi all

  Something's been recently who raised the question on moving a virtual machine between hosts without vCenter.  I am running vSphere manage 3 blades in a c3000.  I have a shared storage iSCSI blade which all the blades connect to.  All of my virtual machines are in the same data store on the shared storage.  I'm also under vCenter Server as a virtual machine on one of the blades.  The blade that hosts the vCenter Server VM dead recently. What I was hoping to do is use vSphere Client to connect directly to one of the other blades and hover over the vCenter Server VM to one of the blades of the good, but I can't find a way to do this.  Using the browser of data store and see all of the virtual machine on the store of data without problem, but I see no way to migrate the virtual machine without vCenter server.  In the end, the blade has only had a problem of memory I corrected and managed to raise the blade but I now think of the future.  I use only Essentials, so I don't have access to vMotion and Storage vMotion.  I know that running vCenter Server is supported by Vmware, but I wonder if it's the best practices.

  Any thoughts?

  Hi, I assume that you get this error because the machine is running, try to connect directly to the host and do the same with an engine off the machine.

• Migrate virtual machines from HP G7(single host) for HP G8 (Cluster) without shared storage

  Hello

  I have 2 esxi host (hp dl 380 G8) and put them in a cluster and other host esxi (dl 380 g7) and I have no shared storage and use local disks just now I must spend my VM G7 server a cluster of the G8 but I want to know I can join my cluster g8 g7 and migrate web vmware machines without any downtime?

  I want to know can migrate without downtime with localdisk? I have no shared storage

  Best regards

  BAbak

  can I join g7 to my cluster of the g8

  You can mix into clusters hosts all desired, even Intel and AMD at least that you enable EVC on the cluster (of course, HA or DRS require shared storage compatible/CPU). However, you need not to have even just cluster hosts to migrate virtual machines through vMotion between them.

  migrate web vmware machines without any downtime?

  Don't know what this "web vmware' but yes, because ESXi 5.1, you can use"enhanced vMotion"to live migrate virtual machines without service interruption from one host to another, even without shared storage:

  Migration with vMotion in environments without shared storage

  The usual vMotion requirements apply. Also you can only live migrate virtual machines from the old host to the new hosts because of different generations of CPU (and back as long as you don't have bike powered virtual machines on new hosts).