EVC and vmotion

[Luca82]

Hi everyone, I have a cluster with powered on vm. I need to migrate all vm in a new cluster with newer cpu (both cluster are Intel and cpu compatible in evc hcl). The question is: can I migrate vm with vmotion (without powering off) from the old to the new cluster?

Thank you very much

[UmeshAhuja]

Hi,

Moving VMs from Non-EVC to EVC is a bit challenging. As VMs work closely with the CPU family it isn't easy to do Online Migration of the VMs from Non-EVC to EVC. You need to take a downtime and migrate the VMs. 

OR

Try using this free Veeam Backup Migration tool on test VMs first and then on Production if it works in your scenario. 
https://www.veeam.com/blog/how-to-move-a-vmware-vm-from-one-host-to-another-without-vmware-vmotion.h...

[Luca82]

ok thank you but, even just out of curiosity or test.... is it possible to vmotion?? I agree that it is better to made a cold (powered off) migration...but it is possible to vmotion?

[a_p_]

vMotion from older CPUs to a newer ones (same vendor) usually works.

However, there are a few exceptions, see e.g. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/76155?lang=en_US

André