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ablej
Hot Shot
Hot Shot
‎07-09-2008 11:16 AM

VMotion all machines on host

Is there a way to VMotion all machines from a host at one time in Virtual Center. If I put the host in maintenance mode will the host move the VM's to another host?

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weinstein5
Immortal
Immortal
‎07-09-2008 11:20 AM

If the esx host is part of a drs cluster in fully automated mode vc will vmtoion all the running vms off of the host to the other nodes in the cluster when you place the esx host in maintenance mode - if you are not running drs or drs is in partially automated/manual you will need to vmotion them manually-

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gary1012
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‎07-09-2008 11:20 AM

Maintenance mode should do it for you with limitations listed above.

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Dave_Mishchenko
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Immortal
‎07-09-2008 11:22 AM

To automatically move them you would need DRS set to fully automatic. If you're interested in Powershell you could all vmotion all VMs from one host to another (see page 13 for an example http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/files/vmworld_europe_2008_powershell_lab_7_manual.pdf).

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