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ESXi 5.1.0 - Change datastore of a VMware Client from one datastore to another.

We have added a NAS drive as "datastore4" in the Management Console. We would like to change the datastore of one of our VMs from it's current datastore of "datastore1" to "datastore4" . How is that accomplished?

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

Do you have vCenter Server and a license for Migration or Storage vMotion ?

If you do, if the VM is off, Right Click VM, select Migrate, if the VM is on, do the same.

Do you just have a standalone server?

You will need to "cut and paste"

see my EE Articles

HOW TO: Clone or Copy a virtual machine in VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESX/ESXi 4.x or ESXi 5.0

HOW TO: Select the right answer to "I Moved It" or "I Copied It" in VMware vSphere (ESXi)

other options, you could use VMware Converter, Export or Import, Backup and Restore ?

zargf8ns

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We have a Standalone Server. I'm not sure what you mean by cut & paste. The NAS unit is seen by the system. So, how do we change the datastore of a single VM from one of the local drives to the NAS. See attached PICs for screen shots. Thanks in advance. Joe W.
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zargf8ns

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We were able to complete the process using the EE Article you advised. We now have that datastore in place. Thank you for your help. Project completed.

zargf8ns

ASKER

Thank you for your technical assistance. We were able to complete the change of the data-store on the VM in question. Project completed.

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

No problems.