Don't know of any particular issues, because I've never done it. Here's what I do: Down the VM. Copy the VM to the new location Register and fire up the new VM, and when it asks if it was moved or copied, say moved Verify correct functioning of VM - correct any issues with NICs, etc. Delete old VM Done
Kurt On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone have any good/safe methods to move a VCenter VM to a different > Datastore without using Storage VMotion? > > > > My first thought is something like this: > > 1. Clone the VCenter VM with it powered on(set local admin password first). > > 2. When Cloning, select the new Datastore as the destination for clone, and > select to clone to a powered off state. > > 3. Power down the old VCenter VM > > 4. Log into the ESX host holding the new cloned VCenter and power it up. > > 5. Fix any network card issues inside of VCenter > > Done > > > > Can anyone think of any issues this would cause? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Jon > >
