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Move VM between datastores in same datastore cluster

Question & Answer


Question

Can you move a virtual machine (VM) from a datastore to another datastore using IBM Cloud Orchestrator?

Answer

No. IBM Cloud Orchestrator only supports connecting one cluster. Moving deployed instances across VMware clusters is not supported.

  • vMotion of VM between hosts in the same cluster (DRS) is not supported by IBM Cloud Orchestrator.

  • Storage vMotion (move VM from one datastore to another) is not supported in OpenStack; there is no datastore concept at the OpenStack level.

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Modified date:
17 June 2018

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