How to Enable Storage vMotion Locks During Tasks. (93262)

The storage vmotion lock feature is a VMware technology that we leverage. You can enable the feature in the service config file to prevent the VM disk files from migrating across or between shared storage locations to preserve job integrity

NOTE: Make sure no vRanger tasks are running when performing these steps.

1. Open the Service configuration file - C:\Program Files\Dell\vRanger\Vizioncore.vRanger.Service.exe.config
2. Locate the following line (<add key="AllowvMotionLock" value="false"/>).
3. Change the value from false to true.
4. Restart the vRanger Service.

One the feature has been enabled, you will notice that the migrate option (in the VI client) is inactive in the VM’s right click menu.

Because of some VMware bugs with this feature, it is disabled by default in vRanger.