Specifications

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Chapter 15 Migrating Virtual Machines
 Forothercases,andadvancedpurposes(intendedtobeusedusingspecific
instructionsfromVMwareorbyCPUandoperatingsystemdeveloperswhomight
needtocontrolthecharacteristicsofvirtualCPUs),VMwarealsoprovidesa
mechanismtomanuallyedittheCPUcompatibilitymasksusedbyavirtual
machine.Manualedit
oftheCPUcompatibilitymaskswithouttheappropriate
documentationandtestingisNOTrecommendedandmightleadtoan
unsupportedconfiguration.
Migration Wizard
TheMigrationwizardtakesyouthroughtheprocessofmigratingavirtualmachine
fromonehosttoanother.BothsourceanddestinationhostsmusthaveVMotion
enabledonthem.Ifthedestinationisacluster,theremustbeatleastonevalid
destinationhostinthecluster,soatleastone
hostintheclustermusthaveVMotion
enabled.PreferablyallhostsinaclusterwillhaveVMotionenabled,especiallyforDRS
clusters.
Themenuoptionsdifferslightly,dependingonwhetheryouareperformingmigration
ormigrationwithVMotion.
To migrate a powered-off or suspended virtual machine
1FromtheVirtualCenterclient,clicktheInventorybuttoninthenavigationbar.
2 Choose
Migratefromthepop‐upmenu.
TheMigrateVirtualMachinewizardstarts.
3 Selectthedestinationhostorclusterforthisvirtualmachinemigration.
AnycompatibilityproblemisdisplayedintheCompatibilitypanel.Fixthe
problem,orchooseanotherhostorcluster.
PossibletargetsincludehostsandDRSclusterswithanylevelof
automation.Ifa
clusterhasnoDRSenabled,selectaspecifichostintheclusterratherthanselecting
theclusteritself.