Quick Migrate Function

Quick Migrate Function

VMWare Quick Migration Function

Author: Justin Grote <jgrote NOSPAMAT enpointe DOT com>

Credit: Inspired by Mike DiPetrillo's Quick Migration Script: http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/10/quick-migration-for-vmware-the-power-of-po...

Version: 0.1

Last Revised: 31 July 2009

Description: Performs the fucntional equivalent of a Hyper-V Quick Migration by suspending a VM,

moving it to a new host, and resuming it. This does not require vMotion licensing.

it works by providing required VM objects via the pipeline or the second argument,

and specifying the Destination host in the first argument.

The commeand accepts both text strings and VMHost objects for the VMHost Parameter

Prerequisites:

Powershell v1

VMWare PowerCLI 4.0 (May work with earlier version but not tested)

Instructions to Install: Save this script and import into your session with, for example, . C:\temp\quickmigrate.ps1

You can also include it in your PowerCLI profile to have it automatically included.

Command Usage: get-vm MyTestVM | Quick-MigrateVM "MyTestHost2"

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