VMware vSphere • Re: moving to a new vCenter vm

hi David,
thanks for the response! Just double checking to make sure my order of operations is correct. Assuming current vcenter server is called "vcenterold" and new is "vcenternew"...

On the Veeam server, launch PowerShell and:

1. Take configuration backup of Veeam
2. Set-VBRVmBiosUuid -VCenterName "vcenterold" (Collects MORef IDs from orig server.)
3. Use vmotion to move all of the VMs from "vcenterold" to "vcenternew" (including both vcenter vm's)
4. Set-VBRVCenterName -OldVCenterName "vcenterold" (Modifies VMware vCenter name to vcenterold_old.)
5. Generate-VBRViMigrationSpecificationFile -ExportPath C:\Folder -NewVCenterName vcenternew -OldVCenterName vcenterold_old (Generates a migration task file)
6. Start-VBRViVMMigration -File C:\Folder\vcenter70_old_to_vcenter70_migration_task (start the MORef IDs update.)

Does anything need to be done in Veeam after this? do you have to add the new vcenter to the Veeam Inventory (it has a dif IP now) or is that part of this process? Anything else I may be forgetting?

Thanks again

Statistics: Posted by joebrug — Jan 20, 2025 4:12 pm

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