Migrate or Copy VM from ESXi to Another ESXi – How to Guide

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I am attempting to migrate a lot of VMs from old ESXi server to new ESXi server

I don't have VMware vCenter

I have Veeam Backup and Replication

Any idea or any suggestions to do this migration?

Best Answer

  1. Enable SSH on both hosts
  2. Enable outgoing SSH connections in the firewall on the source host
  3. Shutdown the VM
  4. Connect to the source host via ssh
  5. Copy the VM with scp to the target host
  6. Register the VM on the target host
  7. Start the VM on the target host
  8. Delete the VM on the source host
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