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Use native Microsoft tools to move or migrate a VM from one host or cluster to another as a best practice. Often, native tools allow VM moves and migrations to occur without downtime.
However, it might be impractical or too time-consuming to move or migrate a large VM over a network. You can use PowerStore to remap the underlying volume to avoid a long copy wait time. Unmap the PowerStore volume or volume group containing the VM, map it to a new host or cluster, and bring the VM online there.
Use a thin clone to move a VM if you want to temporarily preserve the state of the original environment.
Note: Schedule a maintenance window when moving a VM by remapping a PowerStore volume because it will require down time.