Hi Experts
I have a Script to do cross VC migration which works perfectly. We use it everyday and its fabulous
Recently we wanted to move a VM which we could not get into one datastore so we used Datastorecluster which is supported by Move-VM
Now if i use a script to move a VM within a Cluster then the Datastorecluster is working.
If i use the same approach for a Cross VC then I get the following error and i need your help please
VM is a alive on the source VC... Migration_Oct_Test
VM will be placed on following ESXi host... vhst6013.mydomain.com
VM Network Adaptor info... Network adapter 1
VM will be moved to following PortGroup... XXX-VLAN-AAA-BK-VMN
VM will be moved to following datastore... DSClusterDS_NR
Move-VM : 20-10-2020 17:49:37 Move-VM When migrating a VM to a different vCenter Ser
ver both Destination and Datastore need to be specified. No other destination types b
ut VMHost/Resource Pool and Datastore are supported for Cross vCenter vMotion
At line:120 char:7
+ Move-VM -vm $VM -Destination $destination -NetworkAdapter $netw ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Move-VM], VimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmHostServiceImpl_CheckMoveVmParameters_BothD
estinationAndStorageRequiredForXVCVmotion,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Co
mmands.MoveVM
This part of the script is the one which gives the issue
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#$destinationDatastore = Get-Datastore $VMdetail.TgDatastore -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
#If i add the get-datastorecluster then the move VM fails
$destinationDatastore = get-datastorecluster $VMdetail.TgDatastore -Server "DestinationVC.Mydomain.com"
if ($destinationDatastore) {
Write-Host "VM will be moved to following datastore... " -ForegroundColor Yellow $destinationDatastore
}
Else {
Write-Host " Destination datastore not found" -ForegroundColor Magenta
Continue
}
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#################### SCRIPT####################################
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# ***Kick off the vMotion VMs between Virtual Centers***
####################################################################################
# vMotion Details
$VMdetails = Get-Content -Path $FileBrowserMigrationDetailsFile |Select-String '^[^#]' | ConvertFrom-Csv -UseCulture
####################################################################################
# Search the VM to be migrated and validate VM if found else skip to next record
# on the CSV
####################################################################################
Foreach ($VMdetail in $VMdetails) {
$VM = Get-VM -Name $VMdetail.VMNAME -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
If ($VM) {
Write-Host "VM is a alive on the source VC..." -ForegroundColor Yellow $VM
}
Else {
Write-Host 'VM' $VMdetail.VMNAME' Cannot be found' -ForegroundColor Magenta
continue
}
####################################################################################
# Check if there is a Destination ESXi host on the specified cluster
# If found proceed or skip to next record
####################################################################################
$destination = Get-cluster $vmdetail.TgCluster -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |Get-VMHost |Select-Object -First 1 #-Name vhst6012.rabobank.corp #
if ($destination){
Write-Host "VM will be placed on following ESXi host..." -ForegroundColor Yellow $destination
}
Else {
Write-host "Destination ESXi host" $vmdetail.TgCluster "is not Accessible" -ForegroundColor Magenta
continue
}
####################################################################################
# Check if the Network Adapter for the VM is found
# If found proceed or skip to next record
####################################################################################
$networkAdapter = Get-NetworkAdapter -vm $VM -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
If ($networkAdapter){
Write-Host "VM Network Adaptor info..." -ForegroundColor Yellow $networkAdapter
}
Else {
Write-Host "Network Adpater cannot be attahced and migration will fail" -ForegroundColor Magenta
continue
}
####################################################################################
# Check if the destination vDS switch is available, also check if the destination
# PortGroup is found, if unavailable skip to the next record
####################################################################################
$destinationPortGroup = Get-VDSwitch -Name $VMdetail.TgSwitch -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |Get-VDPortgroup -Name $VMdetail.TgPortGroup -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
If ($destinationPortGroup){
Write-Host "VM will be moved to following PortGroup... " -ForegroundColor Yellow $destinationPortGroup
}
Else {
Write-Host "vDS Switch or PortGroup cannot be found " -ForegroundColor Magenta
continue
}
####################################################################################
# Check if the destination Datastore is available if found
# Proceed , if unavailable skip to the next record
####################################################################################
#$destinationDatastore = Get-Datastore $VMdetail.TgDatastore -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$destinationDatastore = get-datastorecluster $VMdetail.TgDatastore -Server "DestinationVC.Mydomain.com"
if ($destinationDatastore) {
Write-Host "VM will be moved to following datastore... " -ForegroundColor Yellow $destinationDatastore
}
Else {
Write-Host " Destination datastore not found" -ForegroundColor Magenta
Continue
}
}
####################################################################################
# Move-VM does the actual move of the VM provided all of the above checks are
# Satisfied and completes the migration.
####################################################################################
Move-VM -vm $VM -Destination $destination -NetworkAdapter $networkAdapter -PortGroup $destinationPortGroup -Datastore $destinationDatastore -server vcpbxt001.compute.rabobank.nl| out-null -ErrorVariable $movevmerr
if ($movevmerr -eq $null ) {
Write-host " VM migration in progress ........." -ForegroundColor Magenta
}
Else {
Write-Host " Move-VM error $movevmerr"
continue
}
