[cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server

[Lelio Fulgenzi]

so, the problem is not having vCentre, we have that. the problem is, we have to pay additional dollars for the version of ESXi that supports vCentre. we're getting the off-the-shelf BE7K. 

i was told by a few people that using the vSphere stand alone client, we could connect to one UCS server, download the files. then connect to another and upload the files. 

i was hoping to get some confirmation from the group. 

lelio 

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----- Original Message -----

From: "Brian V" <bvanbens at gmail.com> 
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 10:31:03 AM 
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server 

Would the free version of Veeam work ? 
I use this for my home lab to backup the VMs' 
It downloads and compresses the whole VM into a singe file (80GB CUCM OVA is about 18GB after compression) 
I haven't tried it to move a VM yet. 

On 3/24/2016 8:59 AM, Heim, Dennis wrote: 





You can always turn up a vCenter trial. You would need some type of shared storage. Many consumer grade NAS boxes will support NFS or iSCSI which will do the trick. I have never tried the cold move without vCenter. 




From: Lelio Fulgenzi [ mailto:lelio at uoguelph.ca ] 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:42 AM 
To: Heim, Dennis <Dennis.Heim at wwt.com> 
Cc: Reto Gassmann <voip at mrga.ch> ; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server 








I believe cold moves are also available without vCentre. But rather than moving from one UCS to another, you have to move from UCS to a PC then to the other UCS. 





We're looking at BE7K servers without the vCentre compatible ESXi software for at least the next year. Gonna see if we can manage without vCentre for a while. 





Lelio 








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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A. 
Senior Analyst, Network Infrastructure 
Computing and Communications Services (CCS) 
University of Guelph 





519 ‐ 824 ‐ 4120 Ext 56354 
lelio at uoguelph.ca 
www.uoguelph.ca/ccs 
Room 037, Animal Science and Nutrition Building 
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 



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From: "Dennis Heim" < Dennis.Heim at wwt.com > 
To: "Reto Gassmann" < voip at mrga.ch >, cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:32:23 AM 
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server 





Do you have vCenter? 



If you have vCenter, I would do cold migrations. Shut down the VM and then migrate it to the new host, then power it back on. 



From: cisco-voip [ mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net ] On Behalf Of Reto Gassmann 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:09 AM 
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Subject: [cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server 



Hello group 





We have to replace some of our old UCS C210-M2 server to new UCS 240-M4. 


On the old server are 2 UCM (10.5.2) and 1 CUIC (10.5.1) VM installed. 


What are your experiences and recommondations to move the VMs with the least effort and impact to the new UCS servers? 





Thanks for feedback 


Regards Reto 






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