Move virtual machine from one physical esxi to another
We have 2 physical machines both running VMware ESXi 4.1.0
One of the machines has 4 virtual machines on it, the other is a brand new fresh install with none.
I need to move 2 of the virtual machines from one box to the other and never done this before..
There is some software on the machine called Veeam, I had a play around and managed to do a scheduled copy and it copied the virtual machine from one machine to the other, however when I login to the fresh machine i still see no machines on it...
Am i missing a step ?
Many thanks,
Shaun
One of the machines has 4 virtual machines on it, the other is a brand new fresh install with none.
I need to move 2 of the virtual machines from one box to the other and never done this before..
There is some software on the machine called Veeam, I had a play around and managed to do a scheduled copy and it copied the virtual machine from one machine to the other, however when I login to the fresh machine i still see no machines on it...
Am i missing a step ?
Many thanks,
Shaun
ASKER
This is the thing, all i see on the new machine is the IP of the server....
Attached 2 screen shots...1 showing the view from Veam to show the files did copy over and one from the vsphere showing i cannot see the store....or the virtual machine
many thanks
shaun
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Attached 2 screen shots...1 showing the view from Veam to show the files did copy over and one from the vsphere showing i cannot see the store....or the virtual machine
many thanks
shaun
ScreenShot004.jpg
ASKER
sorry here is the other shot showing the veeam backup
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and then browse to the location you've uploaded the files, select the VMX, and right click add to Inventory.
When you power it on, it will ask if this is a copy or moved.
If you've moved it select moved.
When you power it on, it will ask if this is a copy or moved.
If you've moved it select moved.
ASKER
Fantastic thank you very much VM came straight up after them simple steps thank you !
So connect to the ESX host server using the vSphere Client (GUI), and then browse the datastore, select the VMX file, and right click and select Add to Inventory.