vmmigrate.pl - Migrates one or more virtual machines within the current host or from the current host to another host.
vmmigrate.pl [options]
This command provides an interface to migrate one or more virtual machines within the current host or from the current host to another host.
Required. Name of the virtual machine.
Required. Host name containing virtual machines to be evacuated.
Required. Host name for transfer of the virtual machine.
Required. Datastore of target host to transfer virtual machine to.
Required. Resource pool to associate with the virtual machine.
Optional. The priority of the migration task: default, high, low. Default is 'defaultPriority'.
Optional. State of the virtual machine: poweredOn, poweredOff, or suspended. If specified, the virtual machine migrates only if its state matches the specified state.
Migrate a virtual machine named VM1 from host 'ABC' to host 'XYZ'
vmmigrate.pl --url https://<host>:<port>/sdk/vimService
--username myuser --password mypassword
--sourcehost ABC --targethost XYZ --targetdatastore storage1
--targetpool Pool9 --vmname VM1
Migrate a virtual machine named VM1 within the current host to pool 'Pool123' and let the migration priority be 'low'.
vmmigrate.pl --url https://<host>:<port>/sdk/vimService
--username myuser --password mypassword
--sourcehost ABC --targethost XYZ --targetdatastore storage1
--targetpool Pool9 --piority lowPriority --vmname VM1