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You can perform several types of migration according to the virtual machine resource type.
Change compute
resource only
Moving a virtual machine but not its storage to another compute resource,
such as a host, cluster, resource pool, or vApp. You use vMotion to move a
powered on virtual machine to another compute resource. You can move
the virtual machine to another host by using cold migration or hot migration.
Change storage only Moving a virtual machine and its storage, including virtual disks,
configuration files, or a combination of these, to a new datastore on the
same host. You can change the datastore using cold or hot migration. You
use Storage vMotion to move a powered on virtual machine and its storage
to a new datastore .
Change both compute
resource and storage
Moving a virtual machine to another host and moving its disk or virtual
machine folder to another datastore. You can change the host and
datastore using cold or hot migration. When you move a virtual machine
network between distributed switches, the network configuration and
policies that are associated with the network adapters of the virtual
machine are transferred to the target switch.
In vSphere 6.0 and later, you can move virtual machines between vSphere sites by using migration
between these types of objects.
Migrate to another
virtual switch
Moving the network of a virtual machine to a virtual switch of a different
type. You can migrate virtual machines without reconfiguring the physical
and virtual network. While performing cold or hot migration, you can move
the virtual machine from a standard to a standard or distributed switch and
from a distributed switch to another distributed switch.
Migrate to another data
center
Moving virtual machines between data centers. While performing cold or
hot migration, you can change the data center of a virtual machine. For
networking in the target data center, you can select a dedicated port group
on a distributed switch.
Migrate to another
vCenter Server system
Moving virtual machines between two vCenter Server instances that are
connected in Enhanced Linked Mode.
You can also move virtual machines between vCenter Server instances that
are located across a long distance from each other.
For information about the requirements about vMotion across
vCenter Server instances, see Requirements for Migration Between
vCenter Server Instances.
To migrate virtual machines with disks larger than 2 TB, the source and destination ESXi hosts must be
version 5.5 and later.
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