Migrating templates from Vcenter 4.1 to 5.1
I recently migrated my esx host from Vcenter 4.1 to Vcenter 5.1. How do I migrate the templates I had as they are no longer visible?
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By 'move' @hanccocka means either VMotion, cold migrate, or move (move/paste) to a different datastore if they will be on a different datastore.
If your templates aer no longer visible in vCenter, you may also need to re-add them to inventory (browse the datastore your templates are located, rt-click on vmxt file, then add to inventory). Once your templates are re-added, you will need to convert them to a VM then upgrade your virtual hardware (rt-click on VM > upgrade virtual hardware), and also power on the VM to upgrade VMware Tools. Once those upgrades are done you can reconvert the VMs back to templates.
Regards,
~coolsport00
If your templates aer no longer visible in vCenter, you may also need to re-add them to inventory (browse the datastore your templates are located, rt-click on vmxt file, then add to inventory). Once your templates are re-added, you will need to convert them to a VM then upgrade your virtual hardware (rt-click on VM > upgrade virtual hardware), and also power on the VM to upgrade VMware Tools. Once those upgrades are done you can reconvert the VMs back to templates.
Regards,
~coolsport00
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