My version is 5.0
I have a vCenter with several logical datacenters.
I am running vCenter on a VM on a host in one datacenter. The SQL server with the vCenter database is on the same host.
I need to move both VMs to a different host in a different datacenter.
All the LUNs are accessible from both hosts.
I am running standard vSwitches, not distributed. The vSwitches on each host have the exact same portgroups set up.
I can successfully cold migrate other guests by powering down, removing them from inventory, registering them with a new host and powering back up.
However I am not sure how to cold migrate the vCenter and SQL VMs.
My initial thought was to power them down, connect the viClient directly to the hosts in question and delete them from inventory on the current host and register them on the new host.
What I don't know is if the vCenter database will have a problem with the machine locations since I am making the change outside of vCenter.
Any suggestions?
Thanks