Product specifications

8 – Migrating Virtual Machines and Virtual Ports
Performing SAN Transfers
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 The LUN must be configured as a basic/fixed disk. A SAN transfer will not
work with volumes that are mapped to dynamic disks. See the Microsoft
documentation on the difference between basic and dynamic disks.
 A single volume must be created on the basic disk. LUNs that contain
multiple volumes cannot be migrated via a SAN transfer.
 A single Virtual Machine and all its associated files must be placed on this
volume. Only one Virtual Machine can be stored on this volume, because all
files are relocated during a SAN transfer.
 The volume must be formatted with the NTFS file system. Ensure that the
selected destination path is on a file system that is also formatted with
NTFS.
 When a Virtual Machine is migrated using a SAN transfer, ensure that the
selected destination path is on a NTFS file system.
 There must be one-to-one mapping of a LUN to a Virtual Machine. If there is
more than one Virtual Machine on a LUN, a SAN transfer cannot be
performed.
Performing SAN Transfers
Microsoft VMM2008 can intelligently identify and report if all requirements of a
SAN transfer have been met. Perform the following steps to determine if all
requirements of a SAN transfer have been met, to start a SAN transfer, and to
monitor an ongoing SAN transfer.
1. In VMM, click the Actions tab. Under Virtual Machines, click Migrate, as
illustrated in Figure 8-1.
Figure 8-1. VMM—Migrate Virtual Machine