Hi,
But there is no budget for the moment ;-(
we all know this situation :-D
Each blade has 2 NIC's and both are connected. We have created one vSwitch; service console, VM's network and vmkernel. > Is it still a requirement for VMotion to have a private NIC or can it be shared?
it can be shared but speed should be 1Gb
I thought it was possible to do a VMotion while a VM is running without shared storage?
vMotion needs a shared storage
Is it also possible with the vCenter running as VM? It would be nice for the patching.
yes vCenter can run as VM
Any other tips or advice?
- you could change the order within the PortGroup when accessing the nics
PGs | cos | VMnet | vKernel+vMotion
NIC1 | 1st | 2nd | 1st
NIC2 | 2nd | 1st | 2nd
2nd ... (could also go in standby nics)
you can extend this scheme also when you have more nic´s.
so you have preferred nics´s for each portgroup and failsafe if any nic fails
most FC SANs have 2 ports per SAN Controller, that makes 4 IO ports
ESX1 -> SAN.C1.port1
ESX1 -> SAN.C2.port1
ESX2 -> SAN.C1.port2
ESX2 -> SAN.C2.port2
if you can setup the above schematics you could do vMotion (well you have to setup the correct LUN masking on your storage too)
hth,
Reinhard.
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