This section informs you about what to expect when migrating virtual machines within a datacenter, by using the vCenter Server migration options.

vMotion

vMotion moves a virtual machine's state and configuration to another host while the machine's disks remain in the same location on shared storage.

vMotion of Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) is not supported and is disabled.
vMotion of a virtual machine is disabled during a backup. Backups will continue to run after the migration is completed.

Storage vMotion

Storage vMotion moves virtual machine disks from one datastore to another.

Storage vMotion of Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) is not supported and is disabled.
Storage vMotion of a virtual machine is disabled during a backup. Backups will continue to run after the migration.