I’m not the only one who thinks that the Storage VMotion interface is a burden. A couple of scripting wizards started creating a decent interface for the Storage VMotion script, which definitely come in handy. Check them out:
- Dominic of VMProfessional created an additional perl script to make storage vmotion a bit easier. It works very simple just edit the script to include your VC url, username, password, cluster and Datacenter, then you will be prompted with a list of VMs to choose from, and a list of target datastore to choose from. Check it out at his website, VMProfessional.
- ASP24 created a PHP website with some easy to use dropdown boxes. It’s hosted on the VMware VMTN forum. I did not had the opportunity to test it by the way.
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[...] How to Use the Remote Command-line Interface to Invoke Storage Vmotion in Windows Server or Desktop: Jack’s off to a great start to his blog at VMware World with a lot of very relevant and very useful information. This article on using the RCLI to do Storage VMotion can come in handy at times, until you get the hang of it. On a related note, Duncan hits us up with some information on useful add-ons for Storage VMotion. [...]