How to migrate vCenter running as VM to another host without vMotion

[dwil49]

We are running ESX 3.5 hosts. I have already upgraded our vCenter VM to 4.0U1. We have not setup vMotion yet (but are licensed for it). What is the appropriate way to migrate the vCenter VM to another host without having vMotion so I can upgrade the host the vCenter VM is currently running on? I looked at all the documentation and posts I could find, but didn't see this addressed.

[Yann77]

Hi,

Could this thread help?

-Yann

[AndreTheGiant · Accepted solution]

You have to power off the VM.

Copy the files (if are not on a shared datastore).

Register the vmx file in the new ESX (with datastore browser).

Power-on the VM.

Reply "I_moved" to the question (will appear only the first time).

Andre

[dwil49]

Thanks.

I'll try that out and see how it gies.

I guess I wasn't searching for the right words.

[dwil49]

That worked perfectly. Thanks

[meistermn]

Why not use vmware converter ?