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Migrate Machine: VMware vCenter

The vCenter VMotion Migration action type uses VMware VMotion to migrate a virtual machine. The VMware ESX servers must be configured correctly for this operation and the VMotion license must be present on the target computer.

The Details section of the action definition contains the following fields:

VC Server

Specifies the name of the server on which VMware vCenter resides. Select one from the drop-down list.

Source Data Center

Specifies the name of the data center where the source virtual machine resides. Select one from the drop-down list.

Source Virtual Machine

Specifies the name of the server to use as the source VM. Select one from the drop-down list.

Destination ESX Server

Specifies the name of the ESX server that is to be the target of the migration. Select one from the drop-down list.

Note: VM migration between ESX hosts is only supported when the VMs datastore/disk is shared between the two ESX hosts.

Destination Resource Pool

Specifies the name of the resource pool to use. Select one from the drop-down list.

Require Approval

Select to specify that the ticket requires approval by a third party.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Auto close ticket on approval/rejection

Select to close the ticket after it is approved or rejected.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Ticket Types

Select a valid ticket type from the drop-down list. Depending on your configuration, valid types include:

• Default
• Incident
• Problem
• Request

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Templates

Specifies the template to use to create a ticket. Select a template from the drop-down list. Depending on the ticket type selected, the form is populated with corresponding values.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.