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Priergaard
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Move VM’s between the Lun’s

Hi All!

I have a stand alone ESX 2.5 without VMotion, I have 2 Lun’s connected and need to move VM’s between the Lun’s, and keep the configurtion

How can I easily do that…??

Regards Mogens Westergaard

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avarcher
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VM powered off ...

On the service console command line issue a 'vmkfstools -i '. Or use 'manage files' in the MUI to copy from the old and paste to the new VMFS.

Then use the MUI to change the config of the VM to point to the new disk. Once OK you can delete the original virtual disk.

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Texiwill
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Hello,

You can also use the 'CLONE' functionality within the MUI or VC to clone the VM from LUNA to LUNB. Then remove it from LUNB.

wila posted a move VM script for ESX v3, that should also work with 2.5.x with a little editting.

Best regards,

Edward

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