Create cluster with existing Virtual Machines

[canadianmade]

This is going to seem like an easy question but I have 3 ESXi 5.0 hosts managed by vCenter. We recently purchased a SAN and I would like to setup a cluster, can I do this with existing virtual machines running on the hosts and then migrate them to the SAN after I create the cluster?

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

If the hosts and the BIOS settings are the same there shouldn't be an issue with moving them into a cluster. Moving the VM's to the SAN can be done as soon as the hosts are connected to it, it doesn't depend on the cluster membership.

André

[canadianmade]

Thanks for your reply. Just to confirm once I put the hosts into a cluster I will still have access to local datastores on the physical hosts?

[a_p_]

Yes, of course the hosts will continue to have access to their local datastores.

André