Advanced Cross vCenter vMotion (XVM)
Broadcom (VMware)
Included
Live - no guest downtime
Agentless
Large estates
Workload V2V
What it is good at
Built into vCenter 7 U1+. Moves VMs between vCenters in different SSO domains with no shared storage and no extra appliance.
Where it falls down
vSphere only, needs good latency/bandwidth between sites, no L2 extension so IP re-addressing must be planned.
Capabilities
- Live migration (no guest downtime)
- Agentless operation
- Wave / batch orchestration
- API / CLI automation
Cost and licensing
- Cost category
- Included — No extra charge if you already hold the platform licence.
- Indicative price
- Included with vSphere Enterprise Plus / VCF
- Licence model
- Native vCenter feature. Requires vSphere Enterprise Plus (or VVF/VCF) on both source and destination for vMotion; cold relocate works on lower editions.
- How to license it
- No separate SKU. Ensure both vCenters carry Enterprise Plus / VVF / VCF keys in Broadcom Support Portal.
- Lifecycle
- Current
- Vendor page
- https://docs.vmware.com/
Pricing and licensing last reviewed 2026-09-18. Indicative only - confirm with the vendor.
Supported sources
- VMware vSphere / ESXi (vCenter)
Supported targets
- VMware vSphere / ESXi (vCenter)
- Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
- VMware Cloud on AWS / VCF on AWS
- Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE)
- Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS)