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The VMs are located on a NFS &nbsp;mount disk. &nbsp;It is possible &nbsp;dismount the &nbsp;NFS mount and Mount it on the new Host. 
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Yes, this will work, you do not need to dismount the NFS mount from the old host.<br />
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The VMs will need to be OFF.<br />
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and then just Register the VMs with the new host and power on!<br />
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So as a cold migration that will work.
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> The VMs are located on a NFS  mount disk.  It is possible  dismount the  NFS mount and Mount it on the new Host.


Yes, this will work, you do not need to dismount the NFS mount from the old host.

The VMs will need to be OFF.

and then just Register the VMs with the new host and power on!

So as a cold migration that will work.

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I have been requested to move &nbsp;some VMware VMs &nbsp;to a New Host. Vmotion not an option as incompatibility &nbsp;between the 2 hosts is an issue.<br />
The VMs are located on a NFS &nbsp;mount disk. &nbsp;It is possible &nbsp;dismount the &nbsp;NFS mount and Mount it on the new Host. Will this work ?<br />
What are some of the pit falls of this move.<br />
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The old Host is running &nbsp;Vmware 5.5 &nbsp;on HP Prolient 380 G5 &nbsp; and the new host is Vmware 6.5 HP prolient DL380 G7
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I have been requested to move  some VMware VMs  to a New Host. Vmotion not an option as incompatibility  between the 2 hosts is an issue.
The VMs are located on a NFS  mount disk.  It is possible  dismount the  NFS mount and Mount it on the new Host. Will this work ?
What are some of the pit falls of this move.

The old Host is running  Vmware 5.5  on HP Prolient 380 G5   and the new host is Vmware 6.5 HP prolient DL380 G7

NFS Mount on VMware

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.