Migrate Expressway ESXi free

[Thomas Leitner]

Hey Community,

I've to migrate a expressway c and expressway e from one be6k server with esxi free edition to another be6k server with esxi.

After I exported the virtual machine and imported it on the new system the expressway has a newly generated serial number and therefore all my licenses are gone ...

within the docu it is recommended to migrate a expressway with a vcenter ...

has anyone a hint for me?

Thanks for support :)

best regards, thomas

[Patrick Sparkman]

The only supported method is using vMotion, exporting the VM is the same as copying it and as such will generate a new serial number as you've seen, refer to the "Supported Features" and "Unsupported Features" in the Expressway Install Guide on pg 17.

I don't know anything really about VMWare, but is it possible to join the two environments together so you can migrate the VM using vMotion?

[Jaime Valencia]

Why didn't you do a cold migration??

[Thomas Leitner]

Hey :)

thanks for your answer ... what is a "cold migration"? :)

... I have no chance to install a vcenter in the environment.

br, Thomas

[Jaime Valencia]

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc_50%2FGUID-326DEC3C-3EFC-4DA0-B1E9-0B2D4698CBCC.html

If you simply google: esxi cold migration, you can find plenty of information, and even videos