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reezinmohamed
Contributor
Contributor

Migrating VM from AMD CPU to Intel CPU

Which Method we can use to migrate VM from AMD CPU to Intel CPU

1. Cold Migration

2.  vMotion

Which method is correct?

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IRIX201110141
Champion
Champion

Answer: 1. Cold Migration

For a vMotion betweem different Vendors you need to disable the CPU validation. The Vendors offer different CPU feature and extensions and nobody can say if the OS  or any of the Apps use these or not. Thats why vMotion from different CPU Vendors is not possible. Even within the same brand its not possible as long as you havent set EVC and bring down all CPUs to the lowest level.

Regards,

Joerg

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Gidrakos
Hot Shot
Hot Shot

A Cold Migration, if you can, is what you need to do. The operating system won't like CPU architecture changes like this and it won't function.

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