Move-VM

Syntax

• Default
• NETWORK_PARAMETER_SET

Move-VM

-VM  <VirtualMachine[]>
[[-Destination]  <VIContainer>]
[-AdvancedOption  <AdvancedOption[]>]
[-Datastore  <StorageResource>]
[-DestinationSslThumbprint  <String>]
[-DiskStorageFormat  <VirtualDiskStorageFormat>]
[-InventoryLocation  <FolderContainer>]
[-NetworkAdapter  <NetworkAdapter[]>]
[-PortGroup  <VirtualPortGroupBase[]>]
[-RunAsync]
[-Server  <VIServer[]>]
[-StoragePolicy  <StoragePolicy>]
[-VMotionPriority  <VMotionPriority>]
[CommonParameters]

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Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
required	VM	VirtualMachine[]	named	wildcards pipeline	Specifies the virtual machines you want to move to another location.
optional	Destination	VIContainer	1	wildcards pipeline	Specifies a folder, host, cluster, or a resource pool where you want to move the virtual machines. If a data center is specified for the Destination parameter, you can move the virtual machines to the data center's "vmFolder" folder. The "vmFolder" is a system folder and is guaranteed to exist. Passing values to this parameter through a pipeline is deprecated and will be deactivated in a future release.
optional	AdvancedOption	AdvancedOption[]	named		This parameter is only applicable when a DatastoreCluster object is passed to the Datastore parameter. Specifies one or more rules for the placement of the virtual machines that you want to relocate. To indicate that you want to store the virtual machines on different datastores, pass an SdrsVMAntiAffinityRule object to the parameter. You can set more than one Storage DRS (SDRS) virtual machine anti-affinity rules. To indicate that you want to store the virtual machine disks on different datastores, pass an SdrsVMDiskAntiAffinityRule object to the parameter. You can set only one SDRS virtual machine disk anti-affinity rule.
optional	Datastore	StorageResource	named	wildcards	Specifies the datastore or datastore cluster where you want to move the virtual machines. When you pass a datastore cluster to the Datastore parameter, you can also set the AdvancedOption parameter.
optional	DestinationSslThumbprint	String	named		Specifies the SSL thumbprint of the destination server when moving virtual machines between vCenter Server systems.
optional	DiskStorageFormat	VirtualDiskStorageFormat	named		Specifies a new storage format for the hard disk of the virtual machine you want to move. This parameter is applicable only when moving a virtual machine to a different datastore, using the Datastore parameter. This parameter accepts Thin, Thick, and EagerZeroedThick values.
optional	InventoryLocation	FolderContainer	named		Specifies a data center or a virtual machine folder where you want to move the virtual machine.
optional	NetworkAdapter	NetworkAdapter[]	named		Specifies the virtual machine network adapters you want to migrate to a new port group.
optional	PortGroup	VirtualPortGroupBase[]	named	wildcards	Specifies the destination port groups for the specified virtual machine network adapters. The number of the port groups should be one or equal to the number of the specified network adapters. If one port group and more than one network adapters are specified, you can migrate all network adapters to the specified port group. You cannot use this parameter with the Network parameter.
optional	RunAsync	SwitchParameter	named		Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the RunAsync parameter, run "help About_RunAsync" in the VMware PowerCLI console.
optional	Server	VIServer[]	named	wildcards	Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.
optional	StoragePolicy	StoragePolicy	named		Specifies a new StoragePolicy for the virtual machine you want to move. The StoragePolicy is attached to VMHome and all hard disks.
optional	VMotionPriority	VMotionPriority	named		Determines the priority that you should use for a vMotion operation.

Move-VM

-VM  <VirtualMachine[]>
[[-Destination]  <VIContainer>]
[-AdvancedOption  <AdvancedOption[]>]
[-Datastore  <StorageResource>]
[-DestinationSslThumbprint  <String>]
[-DiskStorageFormat  <VirtualDiskStorageFormat>]
[-InventoryLocation  <FolderContainer>]
[-Network  <Network[]>]
[-NetworkAdapter  <NetworkAdapter[]>]
[-RunAsync]
[-Server  <VIServer[]>]
[-StoragePolicy  <StoragePolicy>]
[-VMotionPriority  <VMotionPriority>]
[CommonParameters]

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Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
required	VM	VirtualMachine[]	named	wildcards pipeline	Specifies the virtual machines you want to move to another location.
optional	Destination	VIContainer	1	wildcards pipeline	Specifies a folder, host, cluster, or a resource pool where you want to move the virtual machines. If a data center is specified for the Destination parameter, you can move the virtual machines to the data center's "vmFolder" folder. The "vmFolder" is a system folder and is guaranteed to exist. Passing values to this parameter through a pipeline is deprecated and will be deactivated in a future release.
optional	AdvancedOption	AdvancedOption[]	named		This parameter is only applicable when a DatastoreCluster object is passed to the Datastore parameter. Specifies one or more rules for the placement of the virtual machines that you want to relocate. To indicate that you want to store the virtual machines on different datastores, pass an SdrsVMAntiAffinityRule object to the parameter. You can set more than one Storage DRS (SDRS) virtual machine anti-affinity rules. To indicate that you want to store the virtual machine disks on different datastores, pass an SdrsVMDiskAntiAffinityRule object to the parameter. You can set only one SDRS virtual machine disk anti-affinity rule.
optional	Datastore	StorageResource	named	wildcards	Specifies the datastore or datastore cluster where you want to move the virtual machines. When you pass a datastore cluster to the Datastore parameter, you can also set the AdvancedOption parameter.
optional	DestinationSslThumbprint	String	named		Specifies the SSL thumbprint of the destination server when moving virtual machines between vCenter Server systems.
optional	DiskStorageFormat	VirtualDiskStorageFormat	named		Specifies a new storage format for the hard disk of the virtual machine you want to move. This parameter is applicable only when moving a virtual machine to a different datastore, using the Datastore parameter. This parameter accepts Thin, Thick, and EagerZeroedThick values.
optional	InventoryLocation	FolderContainer	named		Specifies a data center or a virtual machine folder where you want to move the virtual machine.
optional	Network	Network[]	named		Specifies the destination networks for the specified virtual machine network adapters. The number of networks should be one or equal to the number of the specified network adapters. If one network and more than one network adapters are specified, you can migrate all network adapters to the specified network. You cannot use this parameter with the PortGroup parameter.
optional	NetworkAdapter	NetworkAdapter[]	named		Specifies the virtual machine network adapters you want to migrate to a new port group.
optional	RunAsync	SwitchParameter	named		Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the RunAsync parameter, run "help About_RunAsync" in the VMware PowerCLI console.
optional	Server	VIServer[]	named	wildcards	Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.
optional	StoragePolicy	StoragePolicy	named		Specifies a new StoragePolicy for the virtual machine you want to move. The StoragePolicy is attached to VMHome and all hard disks.
optional	VMotionPriority	VMotionPriority	named		Determines the priority that you should use for a vMotion operation.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.VirtualMachine

Examples

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Example 1

Get-VM -Name VM | Move-VM -Destination 10.23.112.235

Moves the virtual machine named VM from its current location to the host on IP address 10.23.112.235.

Example 2

Move-VM -VM VM -Destination Folder

Moves the virtual machine to a folder called Folder. Note that you can move virtual machines only to folders containing virtual machines (the 'blue' folders in the vSphere Client).

Example 3

Move-VM -VM 'MyVM' -Destination 'MyDestination'

Moves a powered on virtual machine from one existing host to another by using vMotion, passing parameters by name.

Example 4

Move-VM -VM 'MyVM' -Datastore 'MyDatastore'

Moves a powered on virtual machine from one existing datastore to another by using storage vMotion, passing parameters by name.

Example 5

$myDatastoreCluster1 = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name 'MyDatastoreCluster1'

Move-VM -VM 'MyVM1' -Datastore $myDatastoreCluster1

Moves the MyVM1 virtual machine to any datastore in the specified datastore cluster.

Example 6

$myDatastoreCluster1 = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name 'MyDatastoreCluster1'

$myVm2 = Get-VM -Name 'MyVM2'

$vmAntiAffinityRule = New-Object -TypeName VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.DatastoreManagement.SdrsVMAntiAffinityRule -ArgumentList $myVm2

Move-VM -VM 'MyVM1' -Datastore $myDatastoreCluster1 -AdvancedOption $vmAntiAffinityRule

Moves the MyVM1 virtual machine to the specified datastore cluster and sets a VM anti-affinity rule for the placement of the virtual machine. You can place the MyVM1 virtual machine on any datastore in the specified datastore cluster that does not contain the MyVM2 virtual machine.

Example 7

$myVm1 = Get-VM -Name 'MyVM1'

$vmdks = Get-Harddisk -VM $myVm1

$myDatastoreCluster1 = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name 'MyDatastoreCluster1'

$vmdkAntiAffinityRule = New-Object -TypeName VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.DatastoreManagement.SdrsVMDiskAntiAffinityRule -ArgumentList $vmdks

Move-VM -VM '$myVm1' -Datastore $myDatastoreCluster1 -AdvancedOption $vmdkAntiAffinityRule

Moves the MyVM1 virtual machine to the specified datastore cluster and sets a VM disk anti-affinity rule for the placement of the virtual machine. You can store the disks of the MyVM1 virtual machine on different datastores in the specified datastore cluster.

Example 8

Get-VM -Name 'MyVM' -Server 'MyServer' | Move-VM -Destination 'NewHost' -Datastore 'DatastoreOnNewHost' -DiskStorageFormat 'Thin'

Moves a powered off virtual machine to another datastore on another host and changes its disk storage format to thin.

Example 9

Connect-VIServer 'myVC1' -Username -Password

Connect-VIServer 'myVC2' -Username -Password

$vm = Get-VM 'myVM' -Location 'myVMhostOnVC1'

$destination = Get-VMHost 'MyVMhostOnVc2'

$networkAdapter = Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $vm

$destinationPortGroup = Get-VDPortgroup -VDSwitch 'myVDSwitchOnVC2' -Name 'myPortGroup'

$destinationDatastore = Get-Datastore 'MyDatastoreOnVc2'

$vm | Move-VM -Destination $destination -NetworkAdapter $networkAdapter -PortGroup $destinationPortGroup -Datastore $destinationDatastore

Moves the MyVM virtual machine from one vCenter Server system to another. Specifies myPortGroup as the destination port group and MyDatastoreOnVc2 as the destination datastore.

Example 10

Move-VM -VM 'MyVM' -Datastore 'MyDatastore' -StoragePolicy $policy

Moves a powered on virtual machine from one existing datastore to another by using storage vMotion, and attaches the $policy storage policy to it.

Example 11

Connect-VIServer 'myVC1' -Username -Password

Connect-VIServer 'myVC2' -Username -Password

$vm = Get-VM 'myVM' -Location 'myVMhostOnVC1'

$destination = Get-VMHost 'MyVMhostOnVc2'

$networkAdapter = Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $vm

$destinationPortGroup = Get-VDPortgroup -VDSwitch 'myVDSwitchOnVC2' -Name 'myPortGroup'

$destinationDatastore = Get-Datastore 'MyDatastoreOnVc2'

$destinationStoragePolicy = Get-SpbmStoragePolicy 'MyStoragePolicyOnVc2'

$vm | Move-VM -Destination $destination -NetworkAdapter $networkAdapter -PortGroup $destinationPortGroup -Datastore $destinationDatastore -StoragePolicy $destinationStoragePolicy

Moves the MyVM virtual machine from one vCenter Server system to another. Specifies myPortGroup as the destination port group and MyDatastoreOnVc2 as the destination datastore. Attaches the MyStoragePolicyOnVc2 storage policy to VMHome and its hard disks.

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