How To Keep VM Metadata When Moving VMs To A New vCenter

Overview

This article will provide you with how to update the new Server objects that are created when moving VMs to a new vCenter.

Procedure

Match by VM hostname

If you reuse hostnames use the method below to match by UUID. Run the below code in shell_plus to update the MOID of the previous Server object to match the new MOID.

ssh to your CloudBolt instance
Open shell_plus by running
```
/opt/cloudbolt/manage.py shell_plus
```

3. Use the below code to update the VMs by VM Hostname:

for new_server in Server.objects.filter(status="ACTIVE").filter(resource_handler=00): #replace 00 with the id of your Resource Handler
    if VmwareServerInfo.objects.get(server=new_server):
        new_si = VmwareServerInfo.objects.get(server=new_server)
        new_moid = new_si.moid
        hostname = new_server.hostname
        if Server.objects.filter(hostname=hostname, status="HISTORICAL"):
            old_server = Server.objects.filter(hostname=hostname, status="HISTORICAL")
            if VmwareServerInfo.objects.get(server=old_server):
                old_si = VmwareServerInfo.objects.get(server=old_server)
                old_si.moid = new_moid
                old_si.save()
        else:
            pass
    else:
        pass

Match by UUID

Run the below code in shell_plus to update the MOID of the previous Server object to match the new MOID.

ssh to your CloudBolt instance
Open shell_plus by running
```
/opt/cloudbolt/manage.py shell_plus
```
Use the below code to update the VMs by UUID:

for new_server in Server.objects.filter(status="ACTIVE").filter(resource_handler=00): #replace 00 with the id of your Resource Handler
    if VmwareServerInfo.objects.get(server=new_server):
        new_si = VmwareServerInfo.objects.get(server=new_server)
        new_moid = new_si.moid
        #resource_handler_svr_id is the UUID of the server
        new_uuid = new_server.resource_handler_svr_id
        if Server.objects.get(resource_handler_svr_id=new_uuid, status="HISTORICAL"):
            old_server = Server.objects.get(resource_handler_svr_id=new_uuid, status="HISTORICAL")
            if VmwareServerInfo.objects.get(server=old_server):
                old_si = VmwareServerInfo.objects.get(server=old_server)
                old_si.moid = new_moid
                old_si.save()
        else:
            pass
    else:
        pass

Sync Resource Handler

Once your VMs have been updated from shell_plus, go to your Resource Handler’s Servers tab and select Sync VMs from resource handler .

Your VMs will now have their same data from the previous Server object.

Overview

Procedure

Match by VM hostname

Match by UUID

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