Hey all, I have 3 vm's on one host and 1 on another. I have tried to move one of the vm's to the host with a single vm but everytime I migrate it the machine moves back to the host it was on. Any thoughts on this?
Do you have any DRS rules setup to separate any VM's?
Do you have any DRS rules setup to separate any VM's?
No I don't. I had all 3 servers on host A. Then I moved 2 of them to host b. the 3rd one moved on its own. I tried moving one back and it keeps moving back.
I just looked at my DRS rules. And yes I do. Thanks!
Is the single VM on the one host more actively using CPU and Memory than the other 3 VMs. The DRS load balancing will be based on resource utilization and one large VM may more heavily utilize CPU or RAM than the other 3 VMs together causing DRS to want to keep that 1 VM on it's own.
Methods to keep DRS from moving the VM:
1. In 'DRS-Automation Level Settings' change from Fully automated to Partially automated (or Manual)
2. In 'DRS-Automation Level Settings' change Migration Threshold to a more Conservative setting
3. In 'DSR - Rules' define a rule to keep certain VMs on separate hosts as mentioned in previous post
4. In 'DRS-Virtual Machine Options' change specific VMs to Partially automated (or Manual)
The first solution to try is probably setting the Migration Threshold. Other than that the specific requirements of your environment will determine what the best solution for it is. Reference the Admin Guides to get a more complete description of these DRS settings -
The documentation Road Map provides info of where DRS is covered in the documentation -