Part 24: HOW TO: Cross vCenter Server vMotion export between standalone vCenter Servers 7.0

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In this video, I will show you how to HOW TO: Cross vCenter Server vMotion (export) between standalone vCenter Servers 7.0 not linked to the current SSO domain. I will show you how to troubleshoot and check using simple bash tools ping and vmkping, that it will be possible to perform a Storage vMotion. I will touch briefly on Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC), and migrate and demonstrate live a Storage vMotion between different generation processors, and create an EVC baseline per VM, and end with a Migration (cold).

The syntax I'm using in this video to test network communications between VMkernel portgroups

ping (IP address)

vmkping -I vmkX (P address)

where X is a number of your VMkernel portgroup

VMware EVC and CPU Compatibility FAQ (1005764)

Cross vCenter Workload Migration Utility

In this video, I make reference to the previous videos written articles

Part 5: HOW TO: Enable SSH Remote Access on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0)

Part 24: HOW TO: Update VMware ESXi 7.0U2 to ESXi 7.0U2a direct from VMware.

Part 25: HOW TO: Update VMware ESXi 7.0U2 to ESXi 7.0U2a in 5 easy steps.

Hancock's Half Hour VMware vSphere video series

Part 5: HOW TO: Enable SSH Remote Access on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0).

Part 16: HOW TO: Update VMware ESXi 7.0U2 to ESXi 7.0U2a direct from VMware.

Part 17: HOW TO: Update VMware ESXi 7.0U2 to ESXi 7.0U2a in 5 easy steps.

Part 18: HOW TO: Update VMware ESXi 7U1 (7.0.1) to VMware ESXi 7U2a (7.0.2) using an ISO image.

Part 19: HOW TO: Update VMware ESXi 7.0U1 to ESXi 7.0U2a using VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager.(vLCM)

Synology NAS selector

Please Note: In this video I refer to the Dell PowerEdge R730 as having a Sandy-Bridge processor, of course, it has a Haswell!