•Moving a VM from cheap local storage to fast, resilient,
•Moving a VM from a development to production environment.
•Moving between tiers of storage when a VM is limited by storage capacity.
•Performing storage array upgrades.
6.3.1. Limitations and Caveats
Live VDI Migration is subject to the following limitations and caveats
•There must be sufficient disk space available on the target repository.
•VDIs located on Integrated StorageLink (iSL) SRs cannot be migrated.
•VDIs with more than one snapshot cannot be migrated.
•IPv6 Linux VMs require a Linux Kernel greater than 3.0.
6.3.2. To Move Virtual Disks
1.In the Resources pane, select the SR where the Virtual Disk is currently stored and then click the Storage tab.
2.In the Virtual Disks list, select the Virtual Disk that you would like to move, and then click Move.
3.In the Move Virtual Disk dialog box, select the target SR that you would like to move the VDI to.
Note:
Make sure that the SR has sufficient space for another virtual disk: the available space is shown in the list of available SRs.
4. Click Move to move the virtual disk.
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