Hello All,
Today, i am covering the new feautres introduced in vSphere 7.0 where we can migrate a VM to another vCenter Server which is not joined to same SSO domain.
It means, there is no need to have linked mode and same SSO joined vCenter Servers to migrate a VM to another vCenter Server.
All you need you have Network connectivity between the Source and Destination vCenter Servers and required ports should be allowed as well as have access at both the vCenter Server.
Below are the screenshots capture while moving a VM from one vCenter Server to another running on vSphere 7.0 version.
Login on Source vCenter Server and choose the VM which we want to migrate.
Right click on VM and choose Migrate option and then select Cross vCenter Server export option.
Click NEXT
Put Destination vCenter Server FQDN, Username and Password and Click on LOGIN option.
Accept the thumbprint and click on Yes
Click NEXT and Proceed further. Select Destination cluster on which you want to move this VM.
Click NEXT and Select Storage datastore, in my case, i have vSAN backed DS.
Click NEXT and choose the folder hieracy to place the VM.
Click NEXT and choose the Network port group for the VM.
Click NEXT and review the details and if all OK then Click on FINISH to Start the VM migration.
VM clone operation task will initate and will take sometime depending on the VM size and Network throughput.
Once the task finished you will get the Cloned VM at Destination vCenter Server.
That's it. This is really a cool feature to migrate a VM from one vCenter Server to another one without worry about linked mode and same SSO domain things.
Thanks....
