VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 6.5

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Relocate a Virtual Machine's Configuration File

You can relocate a virtual machine's configuration file, but leave the virtual disks.
  1. Determine the path to the virtual disk files and the virtual machine configuration file.
  2. Run
    svmotion
     by using the following syntax. 
    svmotion
<conn_options>
--datacenter='My DC'
--vm='[old_datastore] myvm/myvm.vmx:new_datastore'
--disks='[old_datastore] myvm/myvm_1.vmdk:old_datastore, [old_datastore] myvm/myvm_2.vmdk: old_datastore'
    The example is for Linux. Use double quotes on Windows. The square brackets surround the datastore name and do not indicate an optional element.
    This command relocates the virtual machine's configuration file to
    new_datastore
    , but leaves the two disks,
    myvm_1.vmdk
     and
    myvm_2.vmdk
    , in
    old_datastore
    .

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