Enable VMotion on VMKernel port

froboy — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:32:00 GMT

This will enable VMotion on a VMKernel port. I am writing this one because it changed between verisons of ESX. This command uses the very useful vimsh.

ESX 3.0.x:
vimsh -n -e "/hostsvc/vmotion/vnic_set portgroup2"
portgroup# - Determined by the order of portgroup creation. The system automatically makes one to begin with.

ESX 3.5:
vimsh -n -e "/hostsvc/vmotion/vnic_set vmk0"
vmk# - Determined by the order of the VMKernel port creation. The first one created is '0'.

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Enable VMotion on VMKernel port