How to migrate VM's to new host without vCenter ?
1 x ESXI 5.5
moving to ESXi 6.5
I've read the only ways (both would take time which is unavoidable), would be either:-
-Use standalone converter. (source host/destination (or)
- download from datastore to local machine, then upload to new host/datastore
I'm thinking converter would be better because you just set it up, and off it goes. however file server is over 2TB.. I read vCener may have issues, over that limit, but since we're using one of the two methods above, its probably not an issue.. Just would take a long time..
Although would be good to know if anyone has done this? I don't like surprises.
I'm also guessing i gotta upgrade hardware compatibility level on afterwards ?
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Hi @TECH198 ,
Converter would be one option. Downloading files locally would work, however it fails some times or may end up with partial files.
If the storage where the VM resides is a SAN and not local, consider presenting the same storage to 6.5 host and registering the VM on it