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Migrate Virtual Machines Between Resource Pools on a Provider Virtual
Datacenter
You can migrate virtual machines from one resource pool to another on the same provider virtual
datacenter. You can migrate virtual machines to populate a recently added resource pool, to depopulate a
resource pool you plan to decommission, or to manually balance the provider virtual datacenter's resources.
Virtual machines that are part of a reservation pool organization virtual datacenter cannot be migrated.
Templates and media should be migrated separately using datastore migration.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have at least one resource pool on the provider virtual datacenter other than the resource
pool the virtual machines are on.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider VDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider virtual datacenter name and select Open.
3 Click the Resource Pools tab.
4 Right-click the resource pool name and select Open.
5 Right-click the virtual machine name and select Migrate to.
Hold down Ctrl and click to select multiple virtual machines.
6 Choose how to select the destination resource pool for the virtual machine.
Option Description
Automatically select a resource
pool
vCloud Director chooses the destination resource pool for the virtual
machines based on the current resource balance of all available resource
pools.
Manually select a resource pool
Select a resource pool from the list of available resource pools to which to
migrate the virtual machines to .
7 Click OK.
Configure Low Disk Space Thresholds for a Provider Virtual Datacenter
Datastore
You can configure low disk space thresholds on a datastore to receive an email from vCloud Director when
the datastore reaches a specific threshold of available capacity. These warnings alert you to a low disk
situation before it becomes a problem.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider VDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider virtual datacenter name and select Open.
3 Click the Datastores tab.
4 Right-click the datastore name and select Properties.
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