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esnmb
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SVMotion Failing

I am trying to svmotion just one disk and am getting "A general system error occurred: Failed to start disk migrations."  It's not for all VM's though.  Any thoughts on why this would be?

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MauroBonder
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VMware Employee

Try follow this procedure:

To reset the Migrate.Enabled setting:

  1. Connect vSphere or VMware Infrastructure Client to your vCenter Server. 

  2. Click on the ESX host.

  3. Click the Configuration tab.

  4. Click Advanced Settings under Software.

  5. Select Migrate and change Migrate.Enabled to 0.

  6. Click OK and close.

  7. Click on Advanced Settings.

  8. Select Migrate and change Migrate.Enabled to 1.

  9. Click OK and then Close.

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esnmb
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It's already set.  It doesn't fail for all VM's...

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MauroBonder
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VMotion failed -- Failed to start migration pre-copy. Help!

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