Improved cloud-hopping capability started as a mere Fling, make AWS an easier target Share Copy VMware has added a new and simpler way to move virtual machines between private clouds, or private clouds and the public cloud. “vMotion” – the practice of moving VMs to hosts and/or different private clouds with little disruption – has been one of VMware’s best tricks for years. But in practice it has not always been easy because large-scale VMware rigs often use multiple instances of vCenter, the company’s tool for managing VMs and hosts. Moving VMs from one vCenter implementation to another has been possible for a few years, but requires another tool called the “Platform Services Controller”