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  • 1.  Moving a virtual machine from one SAN to another

    Posted Jul 13, 2015 03:02 PM

    Top o' the morning, tech heads,

    I have a virtual machine I need to move from one san to another. I believe that I'll need to power down the guest OS, download all files (see attached image), create a lun on the destination san, then upload the files to that lun. We're running vmware 5.5. Does this sound about right?



  • 2.  RE: Moving a virtual machine from one SAN to another
    Best Answer

    Posted Jul 13, 2015 03:13 PM

    Your vSphere ESXi host is a standalone host or it is managed by vCenter ? If managed by vCenter, just do a Storage vMotion... if not, take a look at this KB article: VMware KB: Moving or copying a virtual machine within a VMware environment



  • 3.  RE: Moving a virtual machine from one SAN to another

    Posted Jul 13, 2015 03:52 PM

    It is managed by vCenter. Thanks. Still learning my way around vmware....



  • 4.  RE: Moving a virtual machine from one SAN to another

    Posted Jul 13, 2015 04:11 PM

    Take a look here for how to migrate a virtual machine using Storage vMotion: Migrate a Virtual Machine with Storage vMotion in the vSphere Web Client