vMotion

Help Us Make vMotion Even Better

The vMotion product team is looking for input on how to improve vMotion.  vMotion has proven to be a paradigm shift...
frankdenneman
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Disable vMotion for a single VM

This question pops up regularly on the VMTN forums and reddit. It’s a viable question but the admins who request this...
frankdenneman
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vSphere 5.1 update 1 release fixes Storage vMotion rename "bug"

vSphere 5.1 update 1 is released today which contains several updates and bug fixes for both ESXi and vCenter Server 5.1....
frankdenneman
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Migrating datastore clusters by changing storage profiles in a vCloud

vCloud director 5.1 supports the use of both storage profiles and Storage DRS. One of the coolest features and unfortunately relatively...
frankdenneman
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vMotion over layer 3?

This question regularly pops up on twitter and the community forums. And yes it works but VMware does not support vMotion...
frankdenneman
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Why is vMotion using the management network instead of the vMotion network?

On the community forums, I’ve seen some questions about the use of the management network by vMotion operations. The two most...
frankdenneman
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How to setup Multi-NIC vMotion on a distributed vSwitch

This article provides you an overview of the steps required to setup a Multi-NIC vMotion configuration on an existing distributed Switch...
frankdenneman
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Designing your vMotion network – 3 reasons why I use a distributed switch for vMotion networks

If your environment is licensed with the enterprise plus license you can choose to use a standard vSwitch or use a...
frankdenneman
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vMotion and EtherChannel, an overview of the load-balancing policies stack

After posting the article “Choose link aggregation over Multi-NIC vMotion” I received a couple of similar questions. Pierre-Louis left a comment...
frankdenneman
3 min read

Designing your vMotion networking – Choose link aggregation over Multi-NIC vMotion?

The “Designing your vMotion network” series have lead me to have some interesting conversations. A recurring question is why not use...
frankdenneman
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