From the course: vSphere 6.7 Foundations: Using vMotion to Migrate vSphere 6.7 VMs

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Demo: Configure a scheduled vMotion in vSphere 6.7

Demo: Configure a scheduled vMotion in vSphere 6.7 - vSphere Tutorial

From the course: vSphere 6.7 Foundations: Using vMotion to Migrate vSphere 6.7 VMs

Demo: Configure a scheduled vMotion in vSphere 6.7

- In this video, I'll demonstrate how to carry out a Scheduled vMotion. So, here we have a virtual machine that we've already migrated from one host to another twice in the prior video. But what I want to do now is I want to carry out a Scheduled vMotion. So, let's say that I want to migrate this virtual machine, but I don't want to do it until later tonight. I can click on this virtual machine, and I can go to "Configure" And under "Configure" you can see "Scheduled Tasks" So, there's all sorts of Scheduled Tasks that I could potentially carry out for this VM. Let's take a look. I'll click on "New Scheduled Task" Maybe I want to "Power On" or "Shut Down" or "Reboot" my virtual machine. I can set these tasks up and I can specify the date and time at which they should occur. If I want to "Suspend" or "Reset" a virtual machine at a certain time, if I want to take a snapshot of a virtual machine, I can create a…

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