Vmotion setup

[ESXNewby]

Hi.

I have setup 2 ESX 3.0 servers and also VirtualCenter Server 2.x on two Dell servers with both only 2 NIC's installed and each Server has its own HDD storage drive.

I need to get VMotion configured but running into some difficulty here.

On each ESX Server for each NIC i have the following setup:

vmNIC0 - Service console 10.88.10.42

vmNIC1 - Virtual Machine network

VMKERNEL 10.88.10.199

Can the default gateway be the same for the service console and VMKERNEL?

I know the recommended setup is for all Connection Types to have its own NIC, but this is currently not possible.

When I select Migrate I get an error message that it can't access the snapshot storage file. Is migration possible with snapshots?

Some assistance would really be appreciated.

Thanks

Johann

[oreeh]

Without a shared storage you can't vMotion.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

You'll need to have shared storage for vmotion to work. If you don't have that, you can shut down the VM and run a cold migration.

[ESXNewby]

Thanks for the answer, I have found that to be my biggest problem.

Can you use a remote storage device, or does it need to be fisically attached.

We have a SAN ax100, is this compatible?

Can you do a "Cold Migrate" with snapshot on the VM you would like to Migrate?

Thanks

[oreeh · Accepted solution]

You can use a FC SAN, iSCSI or NFS

The AX100 will probably work. To be sure take a look at the following guides

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_san_guide.pdf

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_301_201_san_cfg.pdf

[Dave_Mishchenko]

The AX100 is supported. See page 5 here: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_san_guide.pdf

In regards to migrating with a snapshot see this thread. Basically you can do it but if you have problems you're out of luck.

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=639593