Unable to vMotion a VM machine in active state

[doran_lum]

Hi all, how would i be able to vmotion an VM machine in active state over to another ESX Cluster with physical SCSI controller ?

May I also ask what's the purpose of the physical disk ? Previously I thought physical disk is only for RDM but this does not looks like RDM.

[jhague]

SCSI bus sharing is used in clustering configurations - to allow disk sharing between VMs. Is there an RDM disk attached to this SCSI adapter? Is Windows Failover Clustering installed?

This may also be of interest Say Hello to vMotion-compatible Shared-Disks Windows Clustering on vSphere - Virtualize Business Cri...

[doran_lum]

There's no RDM disk but there's WIndows Failover Clustering installed

[jhague]

So maybe you have multiple cluster nodes on the same ESXi host (known as cluster Ina box) where it's possible to use a shared vmdk disk rather than rdm? Some more info on supported cluster options Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering on VMware vSphere 5.x: Guidelines for supported configu...

If you're using a shared vmdk then I don't believe you can do an online vMotion with a shared SCSI adapter as it's not supported with clustering, you'd need to do it offline. With an RDM you can with virtual hardware v11 but requires a guest reboot to upgrade. With any clustering setup it's critical you stay in supported configurations at all times or you can end up with undesirable results.