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Migration Between VMware Servers (on Server 2003)

I have VMware server that run on Windows Server 2003 (A) , I installed a new Windows Server 2003 Machine with VMware server (B) , how can i migrate my Virtual machines from Server (A) to Server (B)

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thank's for your fast reply,
after that i copy the Virtual machines Directory to the new path (disk on new server)
how can i add this machine?
should i create new machine's & use "old" hardisk files
or i have to use another solution ?

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Malli Boppe

copy the files and use add a new VM to inventroy and you should be able to choose the vmx file.when you try to start it complains saying whether the files have been copied or moved use what ever that is dafault.

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Hi, thanks for your assist,
everything work fine.
I have another question:
I installed Esxi server instead old vmware server & migrate all my machines to Esxi
my question is how can i change machine name to new name ?

Naga Bhanu Kiran Kota

hi,

when you say machine name, are you referring to the name that you see in the VI client or the windows machine name inside the VM.

you can in the vi client highlight the VM and rename it.

If it is the windows name then you can highlight the vm click on console and login to the windows system and change the name opening mycomputer>>properties

bhanu