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slow storage vMotion between vCenters

storage vMotions is very slow between vCenters

hello 

 

i am trying do a storage vMotion of a 100 GB VM from one vCenter to a other vCenter within embedded  vcenter setup. live vMotion was failed stating vMotion networks are not communicating , cold migration happening but dead slow. Its taking hours to complete 100 GB for VM storage migration

Same kind of storage(all flash) source and destination.

source and destination esxi are on same version Esxi 7U2

jumbo frames enabled/MTU9000

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PMPM789
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i figured out the issue and i fixed it. 

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BigMike23
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Do you have vMotion enabled on both hosts and also on the same network on each host that your trying to vMotion to and from?

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BigMike23
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Here is the setting to enable vMotion on the network, this has to be done on each host on the same network.

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PMPM789
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vMotion enabled. they are different vMotion network as they different vCenters. also its 9000 MTU, not 1500 and running on DV switch 

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PMPM789
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i figured out the issue and i fixed it. 

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scott28tt
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It could be useful in future for others to know what you did to figure it out and fix it.

 


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BigMike23
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Can you let us know what fixed the issue so others will know like Scott said

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