HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.3 User Guide

Figure 53 Migrate Virtual Machine: Step 1 of 2
3. Specify the target VM Host name, alias, or IP address. The target must be a valid VM Host
and must be accessible by the source VM Host. If you intend to migrate a virtual machine
online, this VM Host must be licensed and enabled for online migration.
4. If you want the virtual machine configuration removed from your source VM Host after the
migration completes, select the check box provided for that purpose. Make this selection if
you never intend to migrate the virtual machine back to this host. If you might migrate the
virtual machine back to this host sometime, or if you might want to create a virtual machine
on this host that is based on the configuration of the virtual machine that you migrated to
another host, do not check the box.
5. To encrypt the data during migration, the Encrypt guest data during migration check box must
be enabled. By default, the Encrypt guest data during migration check box is enabled. Data
is encrypted only for online migration, that is, when migrating a VM in an On state. If the VM
is offline or in a suspended state, the check box is disabled and encryption does not occur.
During the online migration of a VM, if the check box is disabled, the Command Preview field
is updated with “-Y”.
6. To continue to the Step 2 screen of the Migrate Virtual Machine wizard, click Next. To cancel
and return to the VM Manager screen from which you initiated the wizard, click Cancel.
Figure 54 shows an example of the Step 2 screen.
This screen lists the commands that VM Manager will issue to start the migration. The first
command will migrate a running virtual machine, so it is listed as an online migration. The
second command will migrate a virtual machine that is not running and so is listed as an
offline migration. If any virtual machines cannot be migrated, the screen lists the virtual machine
names and the reasons why they cannot be migrated. Reasons that a virtual machine cannot
be migrated include:
• It is already migrating
• Online migration only — It is not enabled for online migration
• It is in a Not Runnable state
• Online migration only — The source or target VM Host is not licensed and enabled for
online migration
• Serviceguard packages only — The package is already running on the target VM Host
NOTE: If the source or target VM Host is not enabled and licensed for online migration, or
the virtual machine is not enabled for online migration, you can migrate the virtual machine
offline. Stop the virtual machine and then retry migrating it.
96 Working with virtual machines