SVMotion-VM by halr9000 3 years ago (modification of post by halr9000 view diff)
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- Please note that the move-vm’s -datastore parameter ought to work but there seems to be a bug in it, hence the need for this script. **
Does “real” SVMotion of a VM. FWIW, Carter did it first here: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-6051, but it was made for PS V2 CTP2 which this function does not require. Plus, I like mine better.
- # author: Hal Rottenberg
- # Website/OpenID: http://halr9000.com
- # purpose: does "real" SVMotion of a VM
- # usage: get-vm | SVMotion-VM -destination (get-datastore foo)
- function SVMotion-VM {
- param(
- [VMware.VimAutomation.Client20.DatastoreImpl]
- $destination
- )
- Begin {
- $datastoreView = get-view $destination
- $relocationSpec = new-object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec
- $relocationSpec.Datastore = $datastoreView.MoRef
- }
- Process {
- if ( $_ -isnot VMware.VimAutomation.Client20.VirtualMachineImpl ) {
- Write-Error "Expected VMware object on pipeline. skipping $_"
- continue
- }
- $vmView = Get-View $_
- $vmView.RelocateVM_Task($relocationSpec)
- }
- }
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