Lab Manager User’s Guide
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VMware, Inc.
Move a Datastore
Only
system
administrators
can
move
a
datastore.
To move a datastore
1
On
the
Lab
Manager
server,
run
SSMove.exe
,
which
is
located
in
C:\Program Files\VMware\Vmware
Lab Manager\Tools\SSMove
.
You
can
only
run
a
single
instance
of
SSMove
at
a
time.
2
Click
Refresh
Sizes
to
update
the
used
and
available
space
information
for
the
datastores.
3
Filter
the
source
trees
based
on
their
datastore
or
size.
a
Select
the
datastore
that
contains
the
data
you
want
to
move.
b
Type
a
minimum
tree
size
(GB).
4
Click
Apply
.
5
Choose
a
source
tree
to
move.
a
On
the
View
Datastore
Usage
page,
move
the
pointer
over
the
virtual
machine
and
select
Context
.
b
Move
the
pointer
over
the
root
of
the
tree
to
display
the
directory
path.
The
directory
ID
of
the
root
node
is
the
source
tree
that
you
want
to
move.
6
Select
the
destination
datastore.
The
drop
‐
down
menu
lists
the
datastores
that
are
connected
to
the
same
ESX
hosts
as
the
source
datastore
and
the
amount
of
free
space
(GB)
on
the
datastore.
7
Select
Move
.
SSMove
moves
the
data
from
the
source
to
the
destination
and
reports
its
progress
in
the
Status
area.
8
Click
Exit
when
the
move
is
complete.
9
In
the
Lab Manager
Web
console,
enable
the
datastore.
10 Notify
users
that
they
can
log
in
to
Lab Manager.
Resolving Move Errors
If
errors
occur
during
the
move,
this
section
describes
how
to
fix
them.
To resolve move errors if an error message appears
1
Read
the
status
message.
2
Resolve
the
problem
that
prevented
the
move
and
run
SSMove.exe
again
to
move
the
remaining
directories.
In
the
Source
Tree
drop
‐
down
menu,
trees
with
directories
that
have
not
moved
are
identified
as
partially
completed.
When
you
select
a
partially
moved
tree,
you
can
move
the
entire
tree
or
only
the
remaining
directories.
To resolve errors if SSmove loses data when the destination datastore is NFS
1
Run
select display_name from datastore where sub_directory = N'/'
2
If
Lab Manager
does
not
display
a
result,
continue
using
SSMove.
3
If
there
is
a
result,
run
Update datastore set sub_directory = N'/VM' where display_name in
(select display_name from datastore where sub_directory = N'/')
.
4
Verify
whether
the
directory
virtual
machine
exists
on
the
NFS
datastores.
5
If
the
directory
does
not
exist,
create
it.
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