Move and Migrate Workflows

With the move and migrate workflows, you can migrate virtual machines.

Mass migrate virtual machines with Storage vMotion

Uses Storage vMotion to migrate a single virtual machine, a selection of virtual machines, or all available virtual machines.

Mass migrate virtual machines with vMotion

Uses vMotion, Storage vMotion, or both vMotion and Storage vMotion to migrate a single virtual machine, a selection of virtual machines, or all available virtual machines.

Migrate virtual machine with vMotion

Migrates a virtual machine from one host to another by using the MigrateVM_Task operation from the vSphere API.

Move virtual machine to another vCenter Server system

Moves a list of virtual machines to another vCenter Server system.

Quick migrate multiple virtual machines

Suspends the virtual machines if they are powered on and migrates them to another host using the same storage.

Quick migrate virtual machine

Suspends the virtual machine if it is powered on and migrates it to another host using the same storage.

Relocate virtual machine disks

Relocates virtual machine disks to another host or datastore while the virtual machine is powered off by using the RelocateVM_Task operation from the vSphere API.