Can you do vMotion without shared storage?

Table of Contents

vMotion does not require environments with shared storage. This is useful for performing cross-cluster migrations, when the target cluster machines might not have access to the storage of the source cluster. Processes that are working on the virtual machine continue to run during the migration with vMotion.

How do I move VMs between ESXi hosts without shared storage?

Moving a VM when the hosts do not have shared storage

Select the VM from the Inventory.
Right-click the VM and click Clone.
Select the destination ESXi host.
Power off the VM on the source host.
Power on the VM on the destination ESXi host.

Which are two requirements for vMotion without shared storage?

vMotion in an environment without shared storage is subject to the following requirements and limitations:

The hosts must be licensed for vMotion.
The hosts must be running ESXi 5.1 or later.
The hosts must meet the networking requirement for vMotion.
The virtual machines must be properly configured for vMotion.

What is the difference between vMotion and storage vMotion?

Summary: VMware vMotion vs vMotion Storage VMware vMotion allows you to move VMs from one ESX server to another without downtime for users, while the data store can be mounted on both the source and target hosts.

Can we do vMotion between two data centers?

vMotion Requirements IP network with minimum 622 Mbps bandwidth is required. The maximum latency between the two vSphere servers cannot exceed 10 milliseconds. The source and destination ESX servers must be on same broadcast domain or if it is in different domain, it must have reachability to each other.

How do I move a VM to another host without vMotion?

You can move VCSA to the other host by registering the VCSA VM on the second host. You simply find the VMX configuration file in the datastore browser on the second host, register the VCSA VM temporarily on this host, start it up, and use your vSphere Lifecycle Manager as you usually do.

What are the prerequisites for vMotion?

vMotion Requirements

CPU compatibility.
vMotion interface (minimum 1 Gb adapter)
Shared storage.
Same naming for virtual port groups.
VMkernel port group with vMotion enabled.
Sufficient resources on the target host.
At least one vSphere Essentials Plus license on the Corresponding ESX host.

How do I move a VM without vMotion?

Power down vCenter.
Connect to the host directly (as vCenter will be down )
Right click on the vCenter VM and choose to unregister or remove from inventory (do not delete the VM)
Navigate to the datastore the vCenter VM lives on, right click on the VM directory and choose “Move”
Select the new datastore.

Does storage vMotion use the vMotion network?

Network is not use during storage vMotion. So, it the same situation like in Scenario 1.

What are prerequisites for vMotion?

the VM must not have a connection to an internal standard switch. the VM must not be connected to any device physically available to only one ESXi host, such as disk storage, CD/DVD drives, floppy drives, and serial ports. the VM must not have a CPU affinity configured.