diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
index eab2c4cce..8ac64afac 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
@@ -1204,6 +1204,7 @@ sub migrate {
         return;
     }
     my $target=$hyp; #case for storage migration
+    if ($datastoredest) { $datastoredest =~ s/=.*//; }#remove =scsi and similar if specified
     if ($datastoredest and scalar @ARGV) {
         xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg([1,"Unable to mix storage migration and processing of arguments ".join(' ',@ARGV)], $output_handler);
         return;