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nkv
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Storage vMotion - Between ESXi 5.1 and ESXi 6.1 connected to different storage

Hello Experts,

  

We have 2 data center where in one data center has ESXi 6.1 with v5000 storage and another data center with ESXi 5.1 connected to EMC Storage.

  We need to move virtual machine from EMC storage to v5030 and from host 5.1 to 6.1 version.

VMFS on 5.1 esxi host is VMFS 3

Is Storage vMotion possible in these scenarios?

At the moment both the storage are not connected to each other.  What connectivity we will needed between the storage?

What connectivity is required between ESX 5.1 cluster and ESXi 6.1 cluster

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rcporto
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Please, check your another thread with very similar question and let me know if you still have any additional question: Storage vMotion between ESXi 3.5 and ESXi 6.1 - Storage v5000 and EMC 300

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Richardson Porto
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Nick_Andreev
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Hi nkv,

Starting from vSphere 5.1 VMware supports vMotion between hosts without shared storage. Hosts have to be managed by the same vCenter to do this.

Cross vCenter vMotion is also supported, but only starting from version 6.0.

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