not able to add VMs to port group containing vnknic

[awesense]

Is there any reason I shouldn't be able to add a VM to a port group that contains a vmknic?  That port group doesn't show up as an option.

[berndweyand]

its by design - you cant use a portgroup with the vmk for vm-traffic. you have to create a "normal" portgroup to that virtual switch so the vm can use the uplinks for its traffic

do you have standard switches or distributed switches ?

[awesense]

Just standard switches.  I see that if I just add another port group to the same vSwitch, the VMs with in port groups of the same vSwitch can reach each other.

[berndweyand]

thats the designed way to work

[scott28tt]

A port group is either for VMs or for the VMkernel, not both.

So if you add a VMkernel NIC to a port group it ceases to be a port group for VMs.