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RanjnaAggarwal
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎07-23-2014 10:17 AM

Protocol Used in vMotion and Storage vMotion

Anyone who can tell me which protocol is used in storage vmotion and vMotion.

Regards, Ranjna Aggarwal
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WessexFan
Hot Shot
Hot Shot
‎07-23-2014 10:29 AM

You mean port numbers, correct? A vExpert would know the protocols.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=203909...

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RanjnaAggarwal
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎07-23-2014 10:34 AM

my question is not about port numbers it's about protocol and at which Layer of the OSI model these protocol works.

Regards, Ranjna Aggarwal
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WessexFan
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Hot Shot
‎07-23-2014 10:37 AM

Really? transport....

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RanjnaAggarwal
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎07-23-2014 10:43 AM

Wesse, Please respect the other's queries rather than commenting on those. I hope you will respect this.

Regards, Ranjna Aggarwal
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WessexFan
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Hot Shot
‎07-23-2014 10:48 AM

No disrespect meant, mate. Apologies if it sounded that way.

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vfk
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Expert
‎07-24-2014 07:20 AM

it is TCP, port 8000

VMware KB: TCP and UDP Ports required to access VMware vCenter Server, VMware ESXi and ESX hosts, an...

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larstr
Champion
Champion
‎07-24-2014 11:12 AM

The protocols used in vMotion and Storage vMotion are not disclosed anywhere and is probably what we call proprietary protocols.

We do however know that atleast vMotion is by default an unencrypted protocol (ipsec encryption is available) so any password that is stored in a servers memory is trackable with wireshark if you monitor the vMotion network.

There have been examples of tools being able to change passwords of a VM while migrating.

Lars

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