I've done it both ways and had no issues with either. (sent from a mobile device)
> On Oct 23, 2013, at 2:42 PM, "Kurt Buff" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > >
