I am new to Vmware. I have a free esxi host and have just built 2 new server hosts with paid vsphere4 essentials. I want to move my THIN provisioned vm's from the free esxi to the paid servers and maintain the THIN disks. I can move it with fastscp but the disks end up thick!!!!. I also have Vcenter server.
Please help, how do I move the vms and keep thin provisioning?
Regards,
Graham
If you have the essentials bundle, you're entitled to use up to 3 esx/esxi hosts. If you have built 2 new licensed hosts, you can use the last license for the free esxi and join the ex-free esxi to the cluster, and then through vcenter use the Migrate function.
Luca.
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Luca Dell'Oca
Welcome to the Community,
you can either use the VMware Converter or export/import the VM's as OVF.
André
If you have the essentials bundle, you're entitled to use up to 3 esx/esxi hosts. If you have built 2 new licensed hosts, you can use the last license for the free esxi and join the ex-free esxi to the cluster, and then through vcenter use the Migrate function.
Luca.
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Luca Dell'Oca
can any one please explain, how to export and import it through OVF and whatelse we can do with OVF features?
Thanks everyone for your advice
Licensing the free esxi sounds good to me. Overnight as I was thinking of this problem, I thought that it might be a possible solution so it is good to hear that it will work. I only need the license until I get them off the current server as it will become my Veeam backup and replication server and then all should be well.
Next question... will it be a problem that the current free server is 4.0 and not 4.1?
will it be a problem that the current free server is 4.0 and not 4.1?
No problem at all. vCenter 4.1 is able to handle older ESX(i) versions.
André
I just finished trying it with a non production vm and was able to clone it sucessfuly
Thanks all
Graham