Can you not just shut it down, migrate it, and bring it back up? Storage vMotion would let you do it hot, but if that's not an option then shutdown/migrate would be the safest option I would think.
-John From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] VCenter to new Datastore w/o Storage VMotion 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 This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments.
