Specifications

Basic System Administration
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5StarttheMigrateVirtualMachinewizard.
Intheinventorypanel,selectthevirtualmachineyouwanttomigrate.Thendoone
ofthefollowing:
 Fromthepop‐upmenu,choosetheMigrateoption.
 FromtheinformationpanelSummarytab,clicktheMigratetoNewHost
button.
 Dragthevirtualmachineontothetargetstandalonehost,cluster,orresource
pool.
ThemigrationwithVMotionwizardstarts.
Virtualmachinescanalsobedroppedintoresourcepoolsforanyhostorcluster,
inwhichcasethewizardskipstheResourcePoolSelectionpage.
Intheeventthatthevirtualmachinesare
droppedontoaresourcepoolonthe
samehostorcluster,theMigrationwizardisnotinvoked.Instead,thevirtual
machinesarereassignedtothenewresourcepool,pendingadmissioncontrolto
thenewpool.
6ClickNext.
7 Selectadestinationhostorclusterforthevirtualmachine.
Possibletargetsincludehostsand
fullyautomatedDRSclusters.Anonautomated
clustercanalsobeselectedasatarget.Youarepromptedtoselectahostwithinthe
nonautomatedcluster.
Whenyouselectahost,theCompatibilitysectionatthebottomofthewizard
displaysinformationaboutthecompatibilityoftheselectedhostorclusterwith
the
virtualmachine’sconfiguration.Ifthevirtualmachineiscompatible,thepanelis
displaysthemessage,“Validationsucceeded.”Ifthevirtualmachineisnot
compatiblewitheitherthehost’sorcluster’sconfigurednetworksordatastores,a
warningmessageappears.ApossibleproblemmightbethatVMotionisnot
enabledon
oneorbothhosts.
N
OTEIfmultiplevirtualmachinesareselectedandthewizardisinvokedthrough
drag‐and‐drop,thevirtualmachinesmustallbeinthesamepowerstate.
Otherwise,anerrormessageisdisplayed,andthewizardstops.
N
OTEIfthewizardisinvokedthroughdrag‐and‐drop,theSelectdestinationhost
orclusterwindowisskippedunlessthedroptargetisanonautomatedcluster.