Hi all,
I have just been handed a VMWare migration project with the below details. I have limited VMWare experience and I still got this project but anyway..
Current setup:
New setup:
Both environments are physically sitting in the same building.
The requirements:
I am planning to add the new ESXi hosts and datastores to the current vCenter. Then migrate the VMs the new ESXi hosts and datastores via the current vCenter. Change the addressing of those migrated and do a trial run.
So what is the best way to tackle this? Best practice? How would I migrate VMs that have different volumes assigned to different datastores?
Thanks.
There's a lot of complexity that you've named here, but it sounds like what you're proposing to do and what you want to occur should be fairly straightforward.
Attach the old hosts to the new vCenter. Migrate the VMs to new new hosts declaring the new port group you wish (keeping in mind if the 192.168 network is not available there, you will not have network access when the move completes. When vMotioning them to the new location, know that source and destination vMotion vmkernel ports must have connectivity. As for the one vCenter license, stand up the new vCenter anyhow and allow it to operate in evaluation mode. You'll have 60 days to complete your migrations.
There's a lot of complexity that you've named here, but it sounds like what you're proposing to do and what you want to occur should be fairly straightforward.
Attach the old hosts to the new vCenter. Migrate the VMs to new new hosts declaring the new port group you wish (keeping in mind if the 192.168 network is not available there, you will not have network access when the move completes. When vMotioning them to the new location, know that source and destination vMotion vmkernel ports must have connectivity. As for the one vCenter license, stand up the new vCenter anyhow and allow it to operate in evaluation mode. You'll have 60 days to complete your migrations.