VMotion Compability across different chipset families.

[jjohnston1127]

Hi,

I read in Update 2 they provided VMotion compatibility across the board. I wondered if there were any gotchas included with this or if it worked without problem.

I have a client wanting to add another ESX server to their farm but it will most definitely have a newer processor and I want to make sure that they will be able to use VMotion between this new server and the older servers. If not, I will probably have them purchase two identical servers and put them in their own HA cluster.

Thanks in advance.

[RParker]

As long as it's Intel to Intel or AMD to AMD and they have the same VT extension support, you shouldn't have a problem.

The idea to make the servers identical is a better idea, however.

[LarsLiljeroth]

The new thing in U2 is the EVC that enables Vmotion between different CPU families.

See this doc -> http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmotion_info_guide.pdf

Best regards

Lars Liljeroth

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[RParker]

Oh yeah! Forgot about that.. That's a cool feature..