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RE: ghettoQuickMigrate.sh - "Quick" Migration for VM(s) running on ESXi 3.5u2+

fpjs — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:07:35 GMT

Right, this does not work very well.
I just tried to move a machine from an ESXi standalone server that sits outside my vCenter foundation. The machine disappeared and I can't start up a new machine with the old hard drive, network binding fails :-/

RE: ghettoQuickMigrate.sh - "Quick" Migration for VM(s) running on ESXi 3.5u2+

lamw — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:17:31 GMT

fpjs,

The document states clearly that you need to have shared storage amongst the ESX/ESXi hosts that you're attempting the "quick migration", if you do not, it will not work. The VM is just unregistered and should still be residing on the original ESXi host that you tried to migrate from. You should be able to go into the datastore and browse for the VM and re-register.

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RE: ghettoQuickMigrate.sh - "Quick" Migration for VM(s) running on ESXi 3.5u2+

lamw — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:17:38 GMT

Note, VMware ESXi 3.5u4 was just released and the internal API seems to have been fixed and VI API will have only read-only access when using the free licensed version of ESXi. This script will most likely not work on U4, please be advised if you're going to upgrade. I have not had a chance to verify but I believe this will be the case: http://tinyurl.com/cxayy6 U3 will continue to have this hole in the API to provide both read/write access to the VI API.

RE: ghettoQuickMigrate.sh - "Quick" Migration for VM(s) running on ESXi 3.5u2+

Webio — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:00:46 GMT

Hello,

can I use this script to migrate VMs between two ESXi 4.0 hypervisors?

RE: ghettoQuickMigrate.sh - "Quick" Migration for VM(s) running on ESXi 3.5u2+

lamw — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:45:15 GMT

I have not tested on ESX(i) 4.0, I know there have been some changes to vMA 4.0 and it may or may not work but have not had any time to really test the various scripts I've written for ESX(i) 4.0

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RE: ghettoQuickMigrate.sh - "Quick" Migration for VM(s) running on ESXi 3.5u2+

Webio — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:11:33 GMT

I've tried to use this script in vMA 4.0 but I'm getting error related to perl toolkit:

Could not locate /usr/lib/vmware-viperl/apps/vm/vminfo.pl, please ensure system has VI Perl Toolkit installed.

RE: ghettoQuickMigrate.sh - "Quick" Migration for VM(s) running on ESXi 3.5u2+

lamw — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:02:46 GMT

With vMA 4.0, the path has changed to /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/ and you just need to update that in the script. Again, one of the few changes from VIMA 1.0 to vMA 4.0

RE: ghettoQuickMigrate.sh - "Quick" Migration for VM(s) running on ESXi 3.5u2+

Webio — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:17:49 GMT

Now I'm getting this error:

"In order for this script to function, modifications to two VI Perl Toolkit scripts must be made. These scripts will be duplicated for modification and the process will require your sudo password:

ERROR: It seems that the original scripts: "/usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/vm/vmcontrol.pl" or "/usr/share/doc/vmware-viperl/samples/vm/vmregister.pl" may have been modified, new required modifications can not be completed."

It looks like it try to ask for a password but I can't enter it because script is closing right away

RE: ghettoQuickMigrate.sh - "Quick" Migration for VM(s) running on ESXi 3.5u2+

lamw — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:35:50 GMT

Like I said before, there are going to be differences in the scripts I expect which is probably the bulk of the work. Good Luck