Azure Resource Mover - Metadata Region

Question

Hello World!

I'm trying to move some VM from Brazil Southeast to Mexico Central. I have owner privileges and Resource Mover is the option to do that. 

I see that the metadata information related to the movement is going to be stored in a resource group created in the East US 2 region.

The issue is that, by policy, we don't have access to that region and can't create the RG. 

Is there a way to change the region in which the metadata is going to be stored?

• If not, is there another way to move the VMs from one region to another?

The easy way is to disable the policy, but in order to do that, we require permission and I'm not sure if we are going to get it. 

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Hi @DAN RODRIGUEZ
Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform! Thank you for asking your question here. 

Instead of Resource Mover, you can use Azure Site Recovery (ASR) to move the VMs. ASR doesn't require metadata to be stored in East US 2, and it’s designed for moving VMs across regions. It will take some setup to replicate the VMs, but it’s a great alternative if you want to avoid the issue with Resource Mover. 

If ASR is poor, another option is to manually export VMs from Brazil Southeast as VHDs, send them to Mexico Central and create new VMs there. This will completely bypass the Resource Mover. If none of these options work, you might consider requesting a temporary shutdown of the system, which allows Resource Mover to operate as expected.  

For reference, please review this documentation :-

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/resource-mover/common-questions

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/resource-mover/move-region-within-resource-group

If you have any further queries, do let us know.

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Answer 2

Hello DAN RODRIGUEZ,

Thanks for your question

No, currently it is not possible to change the region

It's stored in an Azure Cosmos DB database, and in Azure Blob storage, in a Microsoft subscription. Currently, metadata is stored in East US 2 and North Europe. We plan to expand this coverage to other regions. This doesn't restrict you from moving resources across any public region.

See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/resource-mover/common-questions

As an alternative you can try ASR, if that serves your needs or manually export

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Regards,

Abiola