[cisco-voip] best way to move CUCM Publisher from one host/DC to another

[Anthony Holloway]

SCP is so slow and not recommended by VMware*, but damn if it's not
convenient.

Ovftool is super fast but I think it requires a middle PC to be ran from.

It would be awesome if you could have the best of both worlds. Like run
ovftool right on ESXi. I wonder.

I have used Veeam free backup to move VMs, which is as fast as ovftool, but
a huge install for a one time move.

*To prevent performance and data management related issues on ESX, avoid
the use of using scp, cp, or mv for storage operations; instead use
vmkfstools, VMware's virtual machine Importer tool.
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1000936


On Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 7:50 PM Ryan Huff <ryanhuff at outlook.com> wrote:

> I don’t think vMotion would change the MAC address, UUID.. etc and I think
> you’d be fine (not while the VM is powered on though).
>
> Typically, what I do is power the VM down and SCP the VM folder to the
> target host from the source host (requires SSH server/client be enabled and
> excluded in the host firewall for the hosts). Then in the target host, add
> the .vmx file into inventory and power on. You’ll initially be asked if you
> moved or copied the VM and you’ll want to select move (if you select copy,
> then it will randomize a few things like nic MAC .. etc).
>
> Lastly, remove the source VM from inventory and after you’re sure the
> target VM is healthy and running fine, delete the source VM from storage on
> the source host.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan
>
> On Dec 10, 2019, at 20:42, naresh rathore <nareh84 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> hi
>
>
> We have to migrate our Voice VMs from one host/DC to another host/DC. i
> think if we clone or do vmotion, mac address gets changed and we have to
> apply for license, we may face database corruption.
>
>
> Is there a way which Cisco recommends to do migration, if we have to
> migrate Voice VMs from one host to another?
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Naray
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