I am attempting to migrate a lot of VMs from old ESXi server to new ESXi server
I don't have VMware vCenter
I have Veeam Backup and Replication
Any idea or any suggestions to do this migration?
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- Enable SSH on both hosts
- Enable outgoing SSH connections in the firewall on the source host
- Shutdown the VM
- Connect to the source host via ssh
- Copy the VM with scp to the target host
- Register the VM on the target host
- Start the VM on the target host
- Delete the VM on the source host
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How to copy the vm ? which folder ? – Prince Tagoe May 02 '19 at 08:46
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The datastores are mounted in `/vmfs/volumes/` – Gerald Schneider May 02 '19 at 08:47
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the file cannot copy fully with scp i have a file with 20Gb , scp can copy only 550 kb ! – Prince Tagoe May 02 '19 at 09:18
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that's not true. There is no size limit for scp. I have used this method lots of times. – Gerald Schneider May 02 '19 at 09:20
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scp "VM Mailcatcher.vmdk" user@192.168.88.22:/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Mailcatcher this is my command – Prince Tagoe May 02 '19 at 09:22
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Well, that would be a new question. It can't be solved in comments, and it can't be solved without actual error messages. – Gerald Schneider May 02 '19 at 09:25
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what is the error in my command ? can you correct my commande please ? – Prince Tagoe May 02 '19 at 09:28
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There is no error in your command (except that I would rather copy whole directories recursively instead of every file one by one). If you provided the error message you get (in a new question) we might be able to find the problem. – Gerald Schneider May 02 '19 at 09:41
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You can use the VMware Converter to migrate the VMs.
- Download and install the VMware Converter Standalone (It's free)
- Click on Convert machine
- Connect to your source ESXi
- Select your (powered off) VM
- Select the target ESXi
- (Optional: Make any necessary changes to the virtual hardware)
- Start the conversion
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Sorry for not suggesting this in the first place. I dismissed it earlier because you stated that you don't have vCenter licensed. I somehow thought that the converter is bundled with vCenter. – Gerald Schneider May 06 '19 at 07:41
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You can use Veeam replication for this scenario, but be aware that unlicensed ESXi is not supported.
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