Specifications

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Thischapterdescribestheprocessofmigrating—movingavirtualmachinefromone
hosttoanother.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
 “A b o u t Migration”onpage 232
 “Migration”onpage 233
 “MigrationwithVMotion”onpage 233
 “MigrationWizard”onpage 241
 “MigrationwithStorageVMotion”onpage 245
Theuserinitiatingthemigrationmusthaveappropriatepermissiontoperform
migrationwithVMotiononbothmachines.
See“ManagingUsers,Groups,Permissions,andRoles”onpage 261forinformationon
permissions.
Migrating Virtual Machines
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NOTECopyingavirtualmachineiscreatinganewvirtualmachine.Itisnotaformof
migration.