Here we can go through the process of importing a VVol VM's Virtual Disk into another VVol VM. The process is very simple with the Pure vSphere Web Client Plugin, so that's the method that I'll be covering.
With the Pure vSphere Web Client Plugin
The plugin includes a workflow to import a Data VVol from one VVol VM into another VVol VM. The workflow can use the current Data VVol or copy out from managed snapshots or array based snapshots. If you need to leverage file quiescing, you can take a managed snapshot and then use that copy of the data VVol to import to another VM.
- >> Here is the Workflow to import a Data VVol to VVol VM: (click to expand)
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Navigate to the VM you want to import the Data VVol to, click on FlashArray Virtual Volume Objects and then click on Import.
Navigate to the source Data VVol (in this case it was VVol VM 2's Virtual Disk 2), locate the snapshot to be used as the source and then click create.
Now the Data VVol has been imported, jobs done.
A straightforward process. This can be done manually on the FlashArray as well, but you would need to first create the new VVol Virtual Disk in vCenter, then log into the FlashArray, copy the name of the new Data VVol, then copy out the source Data VVol and overwrite the new one. That process has been covered in several of the sections here. It would be the same process, but you would be using the source from another VVol VM. I prefer to use the plugin but PowerShell and vRO are another option.