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Feb 14 2008   3:56PM GMT

Storage VMotion through the VI client



Posted by: Rick Vanover
Virtualization, VMware ESX, Rick Vanover, Andrew Kutz

The VMware Infrastructure client allows for plug-ins for third party applications and other enhancements. Andrew Kutz of lostcreations has released a plug-in for Storage VMotion that you can use outside of the VirtualCenter Remote Command Line Interface (Remote CLI). I had a chance to test the plug-in, and I can tell you that it works and is quite easy to use.

The plug-in is discussed here on the VMware communities Website with some feedback from other ESX administrators. A link for the download as well as installation instructions are available there as well. Once the plug-in is installed, a right-click option Migrate Storage appears when clicking on a virtual machine. When the plug-in activates, a window appears that lets you select what storage you want to migrate the running virtual machine to:

SVmotion Plug-In

Once you select the correct storage, the task is initiated to VirtualCenter and at this point it is indistinguishable to the task as it would be performed in the Remote CLI. The plug-in does not break compatability rules. For example, if you attempt to migrate a virtual machine’s storage running on an ESX 3.02 or lower host, VirtualCenter will prohibit the task due to compatability.

The plug-in is freely available under the new BSD license. Give it a test drive and post your feedback here or on the community board..

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JStafford  |   Feb 18 2008   8:46PM GMT

Andrew Kutz’s plug-in has made waves in the virtualization world, and lots of blogs have commented positively on it.

“Drop what you’re doing and download his SVMotion plug-in,” advises
Chris Wolf, Burton Group analyst, on his blog. (http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=136) “The SVMotion plug-in is the result of Andrew’s reverse engineering of the VI client libraries, so while it’s a great tool, VMware will not support it. Once Andrew publishes his white paper on building VI plug-ins, the plug-in floodgates will probably slam wide open.”

For more tools that extend the ease of use and functionality of Storage VMotion, check out Dave Marshall’s blog post at http://weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/archives/2008/02/vmware_communit.html.


 

NathalieD  |   Jun 2 2011   4:57PM GMT

Great post. I’m a big fan of VI client but it’s a bit hard to use.

Nathalie
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