Hi weinstein5,
So to clarify, are you saying a vCenter server can manage two (or more??) distinct clusters at the same time and manage the relocation of a VM from one cluster to another? If so, what prerequisites exist for such a move apart from vMachine versions (ie, cannot move a v9 machine to a 5.0 environment etc)? Is this handled as a 'vMotion-type' event or must we shut down the guest VM and use a 'vConverter-type' export/import approach? I'm just concerned about downtime (as we all are) during this mass-migration.
And, on the vCenter server - do we "re-use" the existing 5.0 U2 instance and add the cluster or so we install a new instance under 5.1 and make it aware of the older 5.0 U2 cluster?
Thanks for any information as this maybe the silver bullet for us to make an otherwise difficult (read: mountainous) task easier.
Tim.