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• Create a new vsphere environment 6 and migrate virtual machines to esxi existing 5.1

  The current environment has a cluster with 5.1 esxi hosts and vcenter server 5.5-controlled.

  I would like to create a new environment vsphere 6 with new hosts. Again I mean a clean install of vCenter server 6 and esxi, implementation of the new cluster, etc.. So I won't be able to migrate virtual machines running in 5.1 esxi hosts to the new environment.

  What would be the appropriate steps to make this right?

  Thank you.

  Take a look at this KB on how to move an ESXi host at another vCenter vSphere: VMware KB: move a managed ESX ESXi host to a vCenter Server to a different Server vCenter

  And if you are using vDS, you should look here: KB VMware: ESX/ESXi host with vDS passing a vCenter Server to another

• 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).

• migrate virtual machines between linked vcenters 5.1

  Hi all, is it possible? can I migrate virtual machines to different servers of vcenter ├a the State of related modes? Thank you

  If you want to try to move to a different data store, then you can consider V2V as well.

• vCenter roles and privileges to migrate virtual machines

  I created a custom role named 'Build VMs' that I have assigned to an ad group.  This role is assigned in the data centers, all spread and no. folder where elsewhere.  The role was designed to allow a specific group of users to manage virtual machines (create, move, delete, but not clone, etc.).

  For the most part, it works fine, but I have a problem: they cannot migrate powered off VMs.  vMotion is available and works, but I need to move a cluster virtual machines to a different (more old hw & 3.5 to new hw & 4.1).

  The role has the following privileges:

  Name                                Id
  ----                                --
  Anonymous System.Anonymous
  View System.View
  Read System.Read
  Create the folder Folder.Create
  Allocate space Datastore.AllocateSpace
  Update of virtual machine files Datastore.UpdateVirtualMachineFiles
  Configure Network.Config
  Affect the Network.Assign network
  Change DVSwitch.Modify
  Operation of DVSwitch.PortConfig port configuration
  Setting of port DVSwitch.PortSetting operation
  Change DVPortgroup.Modify
  Create the virtual machine Host.Local.CreateVM
  Reconfigure the virtual machine Host.Local.ReconfigVM
  Create new VirtualMachine.Inventory.Create
  Create existing VirtualMachine.Inventory.CreateF...
  Register VirtualMachine.Inventory.Register
  Delete VirtualMachine.Inventory.Delete
  Unregister VirtualMachine.Inventory.Unregister
  Move VirtualMachine.Inventory.Move
  Power VirtualMachine.Interact.PowerOn
  VirtualMachine.Interact.PowerOff power off
  Suspension VirtualMachine.Interact.Suspend
  Discount to zero VirtualMachine.Interact.Reset
  Question answer VirtualMachine.Interact.AnswerQu...
  Console interaction VirtualMachine.Interact.ConsoleI...
  Device connection VirtualMachine.Interact.DeviceCo...
  Configure support CD VirtualMachine.Interact.SetCDMedia
  Configure floppy media VirtualMachine.Interact.SetFlopp...
  VMware Tools install VirtualMachine.Interact.ToolsIns...
  Buy tickets to control comments VirtualMachine.Interact.GuestCon...
  Defragmentation of disks all VirtualMachine.Interact.Defragme...
  Turn on the VirtualMachine.Interact.CreateSe of fault tolerance...
  Disable VirtualMachine.Interact.TurnOffF of fault tolerance...
  Test failover VirtualMachine.Interact.MakePrimary
  Restarting the VM VirtualMachine.Interact.Terminat secondary...
  Disable VirtualMachine.Interact.DisableS of fault tolerance...
  Enable fault tolerance VirtualMachine.Interact.EnableSe...
  Record session on Machine virtual VirtualMachine.Interact.Record
  Review the session on virtual computer VirtualMachine.Interact.Replay
  Backup operation on a virtual machine VirtualMachine.Interact.Backup
  Create a screenshot VirtualMachine.Interact.CreateSc...
  Rename VirtualMachine.Config.Rename
  Add a disk existing VirtualMachine.Config.AddExistin...
  Add the new disk VirtualMachine.Config.AddNewDisk
  Remove the VirtualMachine.Config.RemoveDisk disc
  Raw device VirtualMachine.Config.RawDevice
  Host VirtualMachine.Config.HostUSBDevice USB device
  Change the number of CPU VirtualMachine.Config.CPUCount
  Memory VirtualMachine.Config.Memory
  Add or remove devices VirtualMachine.Config.AddRemoveD...
  Change the settings of the device VirtualMachine.Config.EditDevice
  Parameters VirtualMachine.Config.Settings
  Change resources VirtualMachine.Config.Resource
  Updating of the virtual hardware VirtualMachine.Config.UpgradeVir...
  Reset the VirtualMachine.Config.ResetGuest customer information...
  Advanced VirtualMachine.Config.AdvancedCo...
  Lease of disk VirtualMachine.Config.DiskLease
  Swapfile placement VirtualMachine.Config.SwapPlacement
  Extend the virtual disk VirtualMachine.Config.DiskExtend
  Change disk monitoring VirtualMachine.Config.ChangeTrac...
  Unlock the virtual machine VirtualMachine.Config.Unlock
  Queries files without owner VirtualMachine.Config.QueryUnown...
  Reloading the way VirtualMachine.Config.ReloadFrom...
  Compatibility VirtualMachine.Config.QueryFTCom of the fault tolerance of queries...
  Customize the VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Cust...
  Promote records VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Prom...
  Deploy the model of VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Depl...
  Clone model VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Clon...
  Mark as virtual machine VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Mark...
  Read about the customization VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Read...
  Edit the VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Modi customization specifications...
  Allow access to the disk VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Disk...
  Allow access to the read-only disc VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Disk...
  Assign the virtual machine resources... Resource.AssignVMToPool
  Migrate from Resource.HotMigrate
  Query vMotion Resource.QueryVMotion

  It is the main thing I thought it would take to a simple move of a virtual machine while it is turned off:

  Name                                Id
  ----                                --
  Move VirtualMachine.Inventory.Move

  I gave to create a folder because some of the permissions were not yet allowing the creation of virtual machines, even though it probably isn't necessary.

  Any ideas?

  ~ Luc
  http://thephuck.com

  What happens if you add resources > permission to move?

• Unable to migrate virtual machines from one ESX to another in a cluster

  I have 7 ESX in a cluster... 2 ESX are unable to migrate virtual machines into and out of the host... When we try to perform a manual migration, it displays the following error...

  Impossible to pass. Host CPU is not compatible with the requirements of the Virtual Machine to CPUID level 0 x 80000001 registry "edx" host bits: 1110:1111:1101:0011:1111:1011:1111:1111 required: 11 x 0:1 x 11: 1100:0011:1111:x 0x1: 1111:1111 inconsistency detected for these characteristics: * NX/XD (data execution protection). If the Virtual Machine does not have this feature, power off the virtual machine and delete the requirement of NX/XD by changing the settings of the virtual machine (advanced options).

  Looks like 2 of the 7 ESX has disabled NX/XD (or could be activated I don't know which) in the BIOS of the Server - VMware allows you to maske this characteristic shape the VM so it can vmotion between these hosts - initially put there where the NX/XD bit became more popular in order to allow users to migrate between these hosts with different parameters CPU-

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• How to move a virtual machine to a different data store, preserving its ID

  I would like to move a virtual machine to a different data store.

  Because I use 3rd party software that identifies a virtual machine by its ID of VirtualCenter, I'd like to preserve the ID, and I also want to preserve the name of the virtual computer.

  If I clone the virtual machine, I lose the ID and name.

  I can clone a second time to restore the name, but the ID is always false.

  I know that I can use vmkfstools-i to copy the entire disk.

  Is it possible to copy the entire VM?

  I am currently on ESX 3.0.2/VC 2.0.2

  The operation that I describe is available in 3.5.x/VC ESX 2.5.x

  TIA,

  -Magister

  Don't use EVER of CP to copy a VM, VMDK move/copy should be used in conjunction with vmkfstools as best practice.

  OP,

  You can manually make a copy using the CLI interface or use the VI Client and browse the data store and to copy and paste in the appropriate data and as suggested Andre store, when you switch on for the first time, you should say 'keep' when asked if you want to update the virtual machine UUID.

  Another thing, you could do, is if you've enabled for vMotion, you can actually use Storage vMotion which will migrate directly from your virtual machine to a different data store, it's less effort on your side and you can count on Andrew Kutz sVMotion plugin: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vip-svmotion/

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  VMware vExpert 2009

  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

  repository scripts vGhetto

  VMware Code Central - Scripts/code samples for developers and administrators

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• How to import the list of virtual machines to complete a table in a workflow

  When you run the followingworkflow/library/vCenter/batch/run a workflow on a selection of objects

  How import you a list of virtual machines to complete the table of virtual machines?

  At this moment we are manually by selecting the virtual machines and adding them to the table individually which is very tedious. We would simply import a list.

  There is a certain ways that you can do what you're trying to do, but from your description, it looks like a wrapper will work best.  I enclose a simple workflow that loads the table from a csv file.  There is no error checking going on, but it should help you get started and you can expand on it from there.

• PowerCLI Script to migrate virtual machines with the same network Source for the new vCenter Server.

  Hi all

  I checked a few posts on the migration to the new vCenter Server virtual machine. But I'm not very good with Powercli and need some help here.

  We have a new vCenter server where we migrate virtual machines from one source vCenter server. Here are two things that I don't know how to connect together to make sure that bwfore we turn on the virtual machine to the virtual machine is connected to its source network.

  Part 1 - this script works well but do not get any network on the vCenter destination.

  cluster = Get-Cluster "clusterA.

  $inventory = get-Cluster $cluster | Get - VM | Add-Member - MemberType ScriptProperty-name "VMXPath" - value {$this.extensiondata.config.files.vmpathname}-Passthru-Force | Select-Object Name ResourcePool, folder, VMXPath |

  $inventory | Export-Csv c:\file.csv

  $inventory = import-csv c:\file.csv

  $cluster = get-group 'b '.

  {foreach ($vm to $inventory)

  $ESXHost = get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Select - 1 first

  New-VM - VMFilePath $vm. VMXPath - VMHost $ESXHost - location $vm. Folder - ResourcePool (Get-Cluster $cluster |) Get-ResourcePool $vm. ResourcePool)

  }

  Part 2 - I want to preserve the Portgroup macaddress and the Ip of the virtual computers and connect them to the new vCenter. How can I do this with the script below. Or how can I combine them together?

  $vm_list = get-Cluster-name "clustera | Get - VM test * | Name sort

  $information = {foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  $network_adapter_information = get-NetworkAdapter - VM $vm

  $vm | Select Name,PowerState,ResourcePool,@{N="Path; E=       {$_. ExtensionData.Summary.Config.VmPathName}},@{N="NetworkAdapter '; E = {[string]: join (":", ($network_adapter_information |))} %{$_. {{(Nom + "," + _.NetworkName $}))}}, @{N = "MacAddress"; E = {[string]: join (",", ($network_adapter_information | % {$_.}))} MacAddress}))}}

  }

  Step 2

  # Unsubscribe virtual machines

  Remove-VM - VM $vm_list-RunAsync Verbose - confirm: $false

  Step 3

  $cluster = get-group 'b '.

  {foreach ($vm to $inventory)

  $ESXHost = get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Select - 1 first

  New-VM - VMFilePath $vm. VMXPath - VMHost $ESXHost - location $vm. Folder - ResourcePool (Get-Cluster $cluster |) Get-ResourcePool $vm. ResourcePool)

  }

  # Save virtual machines

  foreach ($info in $information)

  {

  $vmxpath = $info. Path

  $resource_pool = $info. ResourcePool.Name

  New-VM - ResourcePool (ResourcePool-Get-name $resource_pool) VMFilePath - $vmxpath - RunAsync-Verbose | Out-Null

  }

  Step 4

  # Put the network cards

  foreach ($info in $inventory)

  {

  foreach ($network_information in ($info.NetworkAdapter - split ":"))))

  {

  $virtual_machine = $info | %{$_. Name}

  $network_adapter = ($network_information-split ",") [0]

  $network_vlan = ($network_information-split ",") [1]

  Get-VM-name $virtual_machine | Get-NetworkAdapter-name $network_adapter | Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkName $network_vlan-Verbose-RunAsync-confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  }

  # Start the virtual machines

  foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  {

  Start-VM - VM $vm. Name-RunAsync Verbose - confirm: $false | Out-Null}

  }

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  Hi all

  I made some changes to the script and it worked for me. We have added a host on the destination with all exchanges and storage mapped vCenter.

  $vm_list = get-Cluster-name 'Site B - b | Get - VM | Name sort

  $information = {foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  $network_adapter_information = get-NetworkAdapter - VM $vm

  $vm | Select Name,PowerState,ResourcePool,@{N="Path; E=       {$_. ExtensionData.Summary.Config.VmPathName}},@{N="NetworkAdapter '; E = {[string]: join (":", ($network_adapter_information |))} %{$_. {{(Nom + "," + _.NetworkName $}))}}, @{N = "MacAddress"; E = {[string]: join (",", ($network_adapter_information | % {$_.}))} MacAddress}))}}

  }

  # Unsubscribe virtual machines

  Remove-VM - VM $vm_list-Verbose - confirm: $false

  $cluster = get-Cluster "Site A - clustera.

  {foreach ($vm to $information)

  $ESXHost = get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Select - 1 first

  New-VM - VMFilePath $vm.path - VMHost $ESXHost - location $vm. Folder - ResourcePool (Get-Cluster $cluster |) Get-ResourcePool $vm. ResourcePool)

  }

  # Save virtual machines

  foreach ($info in $information)

  {

  $vmxpath = $info. Path

  $resource_pool = $info. ResourcePool

  New-VM - ResourcePool (ResourcePool-Get-name "test1") VMFilePath - $vmxpath - RunAsync-Verbose | Out-Null

  }

  # Put the network cards

  .

  foreach ($info in $information)

  {

  foreach ($network_information in ($info.NetworkAdapter - split ":"))))

  {

  $virtual_machine = $info | %{$_. Name}

  $network_adapter = ($network_information-split ",") [0]

  $network_vlan = ($network_information-split ",") [1]

  Get-VM-name $virtual_machine | Get-NetworkAdapter-name $network_adapter | Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkName $network_vlan-Verbose - confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  }

  # Start the virtual machines

  foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  {

  Start-VM - VM $vm. Name-RunAsync Verbose - confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  Hope this will help many of you.

• migrate virtual machines to esxi 3.5 free vsphere 4.1 without vcenter

  Hi all

  I have vms on 2 hosts esxi 3.5 with direct (without san)-attached storage that I want to migrate to a new server esxi under license of 4.1 vsphere essentials. I intend using the stand-alone converter to migrate virtual machines from 3.5 to 4.1 and then upgrade the other two hosts to 4.1 and then moving some virtual machines using the converter.

  I have Web servers that I don't want to bring down more than 10 to 20 minutes (not the 1 to 2 hours that should be a cold conversion with converter) so I try to use the feature p2v on the virtual machine running Web servers.

  Has anyone done this with no san and no vcenter? If so how did you do?

  is it possible to migrate without losing configurations of network adapter in the virtual machine?

  I can just do something like taking a snapshot of the system of runnying, then copy files to new host, then add to the inventory, upgrade tools, hardware upgrade?

  Thank you!

  is it possible to migrate without losing configurations of network adapter in the virtual machine?

  After you copy the files and re - add to inventory new virtual machine, you must take care on the issue of handgun that you see in the market.

  Choose I_moved the files to keep the VM UUID and the same virtual MAC address.

  André

• 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

• List not updated virtual machines after the migration of the virtual machine to a different data store

  My vSphere infrastructure 5 uses several data stores.

  Two data warehouses are associated with NFS on different NAS shares.

  I migrate VM to a data to another store.

  The navigation data store, I see that the files are moved from the old data store to the new and that no file belonging to the migrated VM still does exist on the old data store.

  If I look at the list of VMs on the old data store, I still see the old VM.

  I see it in the list of the virtual machine on the new data store as well.

  I checked that no .iso no pagefile is in the old data store.

  How can I update the list of the virtual machine on the old data store?

  Above all, how can I safely delete the old data store by ensuring that the virtual machine works very well on the new data store and I don't lose anything?

  Concerning

  Marius

  This use of data store 'Phantom' is usually observed, if the current configuration of the virtual computer points to the 'old' data store (diskette, CD-ROM) or the virtual machine contains snapshots where - at the time where tone have been created - the VM has had these references. Once the snapshots are deleted from data store 'ghost' will go away from summary of the virtual machine.

  André

• PowerCLI script to migrate virtual machines to the new vCenter environment

  Hello world

  in the next few weeks, we need about migrate 700 VMs (Windows/Linux) server to a new environment (new vCenter, new hosts, but VMs will remain on same data warehouses). VMs will be migrated not in one batch, but rather from time to time (which, however, can understand the need to migrate some 10s of virtual machines at the same time).

  Cluster names and folder structure will be identical to the old and the new vCenters. As host in the new vCenter names differ from those in the old vCenter, thought to provide a table of 'translation', which tells the script to save a given VM on host B (new vCenter) when having been registered in order to host a (old vCenter) and so on.

  I thought writing a PowerCLI script which, broadly speaking, can accomplish the following steps:

  • Connect to vCenterOld and vCenterNew
  • Correspondence table of host to read from a file (see step "register VM vCenterNew below)

  Then, in a loop:

  • Ask VM name
  • Get the settings of the virtual machine: Datastore/path, network/Portgroup, HA restart priority, host, folder, note
  • View the parameters and the VM name and request confirmation migrate the virtual machine
  • Turn off VM (closed OS gracefully, but force power off if power status is still not equal 'off' after a time given)
  • To unsubscribe from VM vCenterOld (removal of inventory)
  • Registry of the VM to the data store vCenterNew (assumptions: same folder as vCenterOld, host names are different, but for each source in vCenterOld host a host of destination in vCenterNew for you join the virtual machine to can be provided, that is, CSV)
  • The value of VM portgroup (same name as in vCenterOld)
  • Set VM HA restart priority
  • PowerON VM
  • Wait / check the VM (for example, ping) connectivity / continue immediately if the virtual machine is accessible or after a certain time if the virtual machine is still inaccessible
  • Confirm that the virtual machine has been migrated successfully, OR ask the user to check the connectivity of the virtual machine

  Now to my questions:

  • Is anyone know about an existing script that does something similar or contains parts that can be useful to compile a script like this?
  • How can vCenter two connections at the same time been managed within a PowerCLI script - or doesn't work at all and a connect/disconnect to/from the two vCenters must be completed for each virtual computer?

  Many thanks for any help.

  The following seems to work for me

  $vm = Get-VM -Name MyVM$nic = Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $vm $vdPG = $nic | select -ExpandProperty NetworkName
  
  Get-VDPortgroup -Name $vdPG
  

• Maintenance mode migrates virtual machines only from GUI

  We have 6 * 5.1 with configured ESXi HA, DRS and a 5.1 Vcenter.

  If we put an ESXi in maintenance mode through the user interface of Vcenter all virtual machines will be to migrate to other hosts, there is no problem at all.

  But if we put the same through VMA host in maintenance mode, virtual machines will suspend mode and the host goes into maintenance mode. On the GUI in Vcenter we get a message that a migration will not work in the current state. Due to the fact that the message is in German, there's not so much sence to post it here, I guess.

  Background is, we have two or three guests time in different places. Two locations in separate buildings, with separate power supply and separate UDP for this purpose.

  So if a location powerd down the udp Protocol must stop the hosts in this place and the virtual machines have to migrate over.

  SVMotion is not necessary, the SAN is a unit of mirroring automatc.

  Please take a look at Re: scripted Maintenance Mode to see if that helps.

  André

• migrate virtual machines from view 5.1 5.2 view Horizons

  Rather than upgrade my current view 5.1 deployment, I'm looking to the installation environment a separate Horizon view 5.2 to migrate to. (1 VCS and 1 VSS)  My users are on dedicated desktop computers that I want to keep during the migration to the new environment.  Is it possible to add desktop computers in a pool without using the template for the pool?   What is the best way to do it?

  Thanks in advance.

  This depends a lot on whether the pool of dedicated assignment users using right now cosists of related or desktop full clone clones. If you use clones related, there are not many things can be done, except so use the Windows Easy Transfer utility to export the profiles of existing virtual machines, hover over the users to a new pool and then use WET to restore their profiles. In addition, if you use Persona for the existing pool, which would save the profile and settings, but any installed application would go when users have been moved to the new linked clone pool.

  If you use full clone desktop computers, you could remove the portal administrator existing display, but not delete disk can create a pool of manual in the new portal administrator display and add the desktop full clone existing to the new pool. This assumes that the old display environment and a new share a common vCenter Server and underlying hosts. Otherwise, you will need to pass a complete clone of a vCenter to another (probably by exporting an ovf of this virtual machine) and then import it into the new.

  I think that there are options, but none of them are ideal. In any case, it would be a good idea to use something like the WET utility to ensure that you have a valid backup of the user's profile before you do anything else.