{"id":345,"date":"2020-04-15T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/?p=345"},"modified":"2020-06-14T09:36:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T09:36:33","slug":"vsphere-storage-vmotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/15\/vsphere-storage-vmotion\/","title":{"rendered":"vSphere Storage vMotion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First, let&#8217;s clarify what we mean by &#8220;vSphere Storage vMotion&#8221;. <strong>vSphere Storage vMotion<\/strong> is a vSphere migration mechanism, component of VMware vSphere, that allows live migration of VMs from one storage to another, with no interruption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1 <\/strong>&#8211; Check the current datastore where the VM is hosted, in this specific case I&#8217;m using <em>DS_B<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"899\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_1.jpg 899w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_1-300x152.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_1-768x390.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_1-480x243.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> &#8211; Right click the VM whose disk(s) you want to migrate and press the <strong>Migrate<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2.jpg 376w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_2-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> &#8211; Select <strong>Change storage only<\/strong> as the migration type and press <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_3-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_3-1024x670.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_3-300x196.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_3-768x503.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_3-928x607.jpg 928w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_3-480x314.jpg 480w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_3.jpg 1135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> &#8211; Select virtual disk format and the new destination datastore, here I&#8217;m moving the VM from <em>DS_B<\/em> to <em>DS_A<\/em>, so I will select <em>DS_A<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_4-1024x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_4-1024x261.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_4-300x76.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_4-768x196.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_4-928x237.jpg 928w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_4-480x122.jpg 480w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_4.jpg 1130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> &#8211; Review the final settings and press <strong>Finish<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_5-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_5-300x200.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_5-768x511.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_5-928x618.jpg 928w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_5-480x320.jpg 480w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_5.jpg 1131w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> &#8211; Now we can see the VM which should reside on the new datastore, <em>DS_A<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"885\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-355\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_6.jpg 885w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_6-300x158.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_6-768x404.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot_6-480x252.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, let&#8217;s clarify what we mean by &#8220;vSphere Storage vMotion&#8221;. vSphere Storage vMotion is a vSphere migration mechanism, component of VMware vSphere, that allows live migration of VMs from one storage to another, with no interruption. Step 1 &#8211; Check the current datastore where the VM is hosted, in this specific case I&#8217;m using DS_B. 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