12.5.4. Moving a Virtual Disk

Move a virtual disk that is attached to a virtual machine or acts as a floating virtual disk from one storage domain to another. You can move a virtual disk that is attached to a running virtual machine; this is referred to as live storage migration. Alternatively, shut down the virtual machine before continuing. For more information on live storage migration, see Section 12.5.3, “Overview of Live Storage Migration”.
Consider the following when moving a disk:
  • You can move multiple disks at the same time.
  • If the virtual machine is shut down, you can move disks between any two storage domains in the same data center. If the virtual machine is running, you can move disks only between two file-based domains (NFS, POSIX, and GlusterFS) or between two block-based domains (FCP and iSCSI).
  • If the virtual disk is attached to a virtual machine that was created based on a template and used the thin provisioning storage allocation option, you must copy the disks for the template on which the virtual machine was based to the same storage domain as the virtual disk.

Procedure 12.2. Moving a Virtual Disk

  1. Select the Disks tab.
  2. Select one or more virtual disks to move.
  3. Click Move to open the Move Disk(s) window.
  4. From the Target list, select the storage domain to which the virtual disk(s) will be moved.
  5. From the Disk Profile list, select a profile for the disk(s), if applicable.
  6. Click OK.
The virtual disks are moved to the target storage domain, and have a status of Locked while being moved. If you moved a disk that is connected to a running virtual machine, a snapshot of that disk is created automatically, and is visible in the Snapshots tab of the details pane for that virtual machine. For information on removing the snapshot, see Section 9.11.4, “Deleting a Snapshot”.
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