Move virtual machines

Move a VM to another virtual appliance

To move a VM to another VApp in the same virtual datacenter:

1. Select the VM

2. On the VM control panel, click the VM move button

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   VM move button on the VM control panel

3. Select the virtual appliance or create a new one, and click Accept

If you have the privilege to restrict VMs, you may also be able to move the VM to a restricted VApp in the same virtual datacenter. 

Move a VM to a restricted virtual appliance

When you move a VM to a restricted virtual appliance, your administrator or platform provider will control the VM. Your provider may offer this as an option to Outsource a VM.

To move a VM to a restricted virtual appliance:

1. Click the VM move button on the VM control panel

2. Select the option to Move the VM to a restricted VApp OR select a restricted VApp from the list, or create a new VApp and restrict it.

Move a deployed VM to another virtual datacenter

You can move a deployed VM to a virtual datacenter within the same Abiquo datacenter.
The target VDC must have the same hypervisor type. If the VM is not deployed, the Move VM button will allow you to Move the VM to another virtual appliance in the same virtual datacenter.

To move a deployed VM to another VDC:

1. If your VM does not support hot-reconfigure, shut down the VM. This is because moving a VM will change the configuration of the VM, for example, the NICs

2. Select the VM and on the control panel, beside the Undeploy VM button, click the cross-arrows VM move button

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   VM move button

3. For a deployed VM, the platform will display a list of compatible virtual datacenters (with the same hypervisor technology and network device) and virtual appliances.
   Select the virtual datacenter and virtual appliance

4. After you select the virtual appliance, the platform will display the Move VM General information so you can confirm the details

5. Select at least one network address and gateway. It is possible to select the same external IP address that was already attached to the VM. 

6. Optionally select firewalls and load balancers

7. The platform may display a pricing estimate dialog for you to accept the new VM price.

The platform will move the VM to the new virtual datacenter. If the move is not successful, the VM will be restored to the original virtual datacenter.

Limitations

This feature does not move VMs with the following configuration:

• External storage volumes

• NAT rules

• Scaling groups

• Anti-affinity layers. 

  • The platform will attempt to remove the VM from its layer and if it cannot do so, then the move will fail.
    For more details of layer constraints, see Manage VM high availability. The platform will not add the VM to a layer in the target VDC.

• Disaster recovery protection