I am new to DRS / vMotion, and I'm trying to see if it can work in my environment.
I have application server VMs, which I would like to use DRS to balance the load for.
But, I have a VM per ESX, which I don't want to move ever (it's running snort, watching the application server traffic). I don't want it to be moved to balance load, or even DRS'd off when the ESX host is going down.
Will DRS allow me to lock a VM to a host? Can I prevent it from being manually being vMotioned too?
Yes, DRS gives you the granularity down to guest level (know as Automation Level) to either enable or prevent DRS migration.
Wow, thanks for the fast response.