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sadom
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‎11-28-2021 02:42 PM

RDM in physical compatibility vmotion

A physical rdm disk is connected to a virtual machine in vcenter 6.5. Does this machine support VM vmotion? Can I move this virtual machine to another host while it is on?

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arshad21dvmw
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‎11-29-2021 03:50 AM

It would fail the VMotion because the compatibility mode is physical. To make it virtual you will need to unmount and remount it. There are other factors as well...

What's the storage provider? 

You can try a motion of the VM with the current setting, it won't crash the VM anyway. 

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sadom
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‎11-29-2021 04:29 AM

I asked to live migration virtual machine and this is not possible when the server is powered on? 

Can I move the server while the server is power off?  I will not do storage VMotion. just live migration 

We are using emc unity 400

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arshad21dvmw
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‎11-29-2021 06:32 AM

Yes by powering off you can VMotion the VM to another host. Make sure the new host on which the VM will be placed will have a path(connectivity) for the RDM. 

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berndweyand
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‎11-29-2021 07:23 AM

vMotion while the vm is running  is possible as long as the rdm pointer files are on shared storage

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