Any ESXi users out there :)

[Davek0974]

I have a remote desktop server running in ESXi 5.0 and a new server being built soon.

I want to move the existing VM to the new server which will likely be running ESXi 5.5.

We cannot upgrade the old server first.

I also want to change from thick to thin provisioning.

Would I be looking at V2V using the standalone converter for this move??

 

[Digitalberg]

Hi

Install VMware converter on to the old VM running on the old ESXi and move the VM's to the new ESXi 5.5 HW.

OR

If both on same sub net? if so you can add both ESXi 5.x the Host to the vCenter server and do a vMotion. otherwise using the vMware converter would be the best practice.

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For thick to thin require more than one datastore. ( Source: Experts)

1. Power off the virtual machine.
2. Right-click the virtual machine, and click Migrate.
3. Click Change datastore.
4. Click Next, and select a datastore that is not the same as the current datastore.
5. From the dropdown, select the Thin Provision virtual disk format.
6. Click Next, then Finish. You can monitor the progress of the conversion in the Tasks and Events view in vCenter Server.

Follow the below steps to do Storage vMotion from vSphere Webclient for vSphere 5.5:

1. Right-click the virtual machine and select Migrate.
   
   1. To locate a virtual machine, select a datacenter, folder, cluster, resource pool, host, or vApp.
   2. Click the Related Objects tab and click Virtual Machines.
      
2. Select Change datastore and click Next.
3. Select "Thin Provision" for the virtual machine's disks and click Next
4. Select a virtual machine storage policy from the VM Storage Policy drop-down menu, click Next
5. Select the datastore location where you want to store the virtual machine files and click Next.
6. Review the information on the Review Selections page and click Finish.

Regards
Paul Allen

 

[Davek0974]

Thanks

we don't use vMotion and as i want to change the provisioning from thick to thin it sounds like the converter is the way to go.