vMotion between different processors

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• Thoughts on vmotion between Intel processors. Success?

  We currently have a cluster with processors Intel X 5540. I think to add a few servers with the new X 5650 processors. Has anyone tried for vmotion on these processors? According to vmware, the process is expermential and I need to apply the mask to the SSA to do. Just curious to know if anyone has had any success in the real world, before I have to buy new servers.

  Actually, my bad. Turn on I don't installed U1 on my server vCenter, so it wasn't able to recognize the CPU as a VCA couldn't. As soon as I upgraded vCenter to the latest version, all came good. VCA is now working with happiness between a X 5650 and two E5345s.

• Enhanced VMotion between Intel processor models

  Slowly, we have extended our VM environment over the past two years. However, we do want to make a major leap of older models of Intel processors for the newer models. Therefore, we would like enable VMotion improved on our ESX host.

  I read in the KB Article #1003212, which was quite useful. However, I guess I'm a little unclear about what if our old processors will be able to VMotion between some of the latest processors from Intel.

  Currently, we use the Intel 5100 Series (Woodcrest) (part of the family of Merom) processors. Based on the maps in the Article, we can vMotion between 7300 (Tigerton) or 5500 (Nehalem)?

  For what it's worth, we are running ESX 3.5 u4. However, we have all intentions on the upgrade to vSphere in the future near semi.

  Thanks for reading this question and I appreciate all the answers!

  ~ Bill

  VCA is the solution and could be the use of the latest versions of ESX 3.5.

  You must enable at the cluster level, in an empty cluster.

  See also:

  Re: Activation VCA without downtime?

  André

• Migration between different processor types in a HA cluster

  Hi all

  I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I spoke to two different people, versed in VMWare and get two different answers.  So, here, any help would be greatly appreciated.  As it is, we have an our main cluster HA for 3 x servers IBM 3650 with the 1.86 Ghz processors dual core quad.  Is it not possible to add another x 3650 to this cluster even though she had a high end processor (say dual 3.2 Ghz Quad-core), or would this cause problems with the vMotion treat and spoil the HA features?  I heard say Yes and no.  I read somewhere that this will be a non-issue, if you will run six to eight new core Intel processors in the same cluster HA, but won't work with the previous generation processors.

  I guess if I put 'new' server in a separate cluster and storage-vMotioned turn off the old cluster to the new it works very well.

  We are currently running VMWare vCenter 2.5 U3 & ESX 3.5 U3.

  Anyway, thanks in advance!

  -John

  VMotion and HA are 2 different things. HA less than requirements that VMotion since HA restarts vms of power off of the State, in contrast to vmotion. Both virtual machines can be supplied on any host in the cluster HA will work fine.

• can I vmotion between different host bus adapters

  Hello

  Just a quick question.

  I have 2 ESX servers.

  an ESX has a Qlogic and the other HBA, Emulex.

  can I make a storage between these servers ESX vmotion?

  Thank you.

  Don't forget virtualization virtualizes the physical storage - so as long as the HBAs connect to storage even as others have said there should be no vMotioning quick question.

• Can we do vmotion between hosts with load balancing in network cards grouping different strategy.

  Hello

  We are implementin new host in our Infra and do some vmotions between different groups. A group a host with balancing 'route based on IP hash. " Can we do Vmotion to another cluster where the hosts have different load balancing policies. In addition, if we change the policy on new hosts in furture of load balancing is loss of downtime or a package?

  Kind regards

  Vikram Kumar

  First of all, no problem from VMs one ESX to another, they use different political Multipathing.

  Second, if you use IP hash, it means you are using etherchannel (or LACP) on the physical layer - configuration/cancellation of the configuration that almost always require that the uplinks are not used by any VMs, so you have time to synchronize the physical and virtual configuration. It is not a time out, but you need to plan accordingly - all depends on your physical network capacity.

• VMotion between 2 Hosts with different processors

  Hallo,

  I have a server in my homelab I use for studies of VMsphere and I want to get a second machine to test advanced features such as HA, Vmotion etc.

  My first server has a map of X9SCM-9 with processor Xeon E3-1230V2 (Ivy Bridge). I am currently running ESX 5.0 U2 on it.

  I was counting on obtaining of material quality for the second host consumers because I don't want to spend a lot on it, so I thought that I need any CPU generation Ivy Bridge.

  I tested today with a second machine with a Pentium G2020 Ivy Bridge, but when I try to Vmotion he says "the virtual machine requires physical features that are not available or disabled on the host... ».

  So I figure there must be a difference in architecture regardless of the CPU beeing an Ivy Bridge CPU.

  When I try to activate CVS it just me are going to the 'Nehalem' Version so my virtual machines running on host 1 would not be able to use all the features of the CPU since the Xeon.

  So the question boils down to: what is the processor less which offer compatibility VCA L5?

  Or is there something else to consider in VMotion between two hosts with different processors?

  I got a shared storage, etc. of the same network configuration.

  Thank you

  Benjamin

  Hi Benjamin,

  For compatibility VCA L5 want to look at one of the following models, Intel CPU:

  • Ivy Bridge: Series E3-1200-v2
  • HASWELL

  I would recommend mental health that before rushing and a CPU purchase, check if a cheaper option would be, as Jon mentions in suppresss some fo the CPU compatibility checks so obviously, this is not desirable in a production environment, and must be applied in your study of VMware Lab to the home address.

  Hope this helps,

  Simon

  TechHead

  http://techhead.co

• VMotion between 2 different processors from intel

  Hello

  I was wondering if its possible to make of switched on vmotion vms between a host DL380G5 with X 5460 3.16 GHz CPU core quad AND a DL380G6 with X 5570 quad core CPU?

  I have a cluster with 2 x dl380G5 with x 5460 CPU and 2 x new dl380g6 to the clsuter with processors x 5570, I've not yet deployed these 2 and wanted to know if vmotion is possible through these 2?, the following vmware link describes this but is not quite clear to me:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1991

  See "INTEL CORE CPU" Group C and D maybe?

  See you soon.

  Andres.

  Take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003212 (support enhanced VMotion compatibility (EVC) processor)

  Also, make sure that you understand HA when you use different hosts in a cluster. See http://www.yellow-bricks.com/vmware-high-availability-deepdiv/

  André

• VSphere/ESXi can run on different processor architecture?

  We want to implement VMware infrastructure and research in the vSphere purchase Ess. 'More'. We are not implement shared storage. We will have 3 ESXi host total.

  I want to save money as much as possible. I have a HP Proliant DL380p Gen8 and a DL385 G7 servers. By HP, both are compatible with ESXi 6.0. I would use these two servers and have to buy a server.

  The DL380p is the DL385 AMD and Intel. If this configuration can work or this server must be Intel?

  Thank you

  Alex

  We absolutely want to use vMotion. Can be used without storage shared, correct?

  Yes, it is possible since the 5.1, but there are a few things to keep in mind. It's basically a combination of storage vMotion, transferring the VM disks from one storage to another and a regular vMotion device, transfer a live VM running from the memory of one host to another.

  As such it is nowhere as dynamic as a normal vMotion alone, since the copy of VM disk data can take some time. There is also no support DRS.

  You can read about some more here: http://wahlnetwork.com/2012/11/21/leveraging-vmwares-enhanced-shared-nothing-vmotion/

  Must the CPU be the same model? For example, should all have Intel Xeon E5 2609 v2 CPU?

  No, the basic requirement for transfer a live OS running, it's that both source and destination host supports the same CPU instruction sets. Exact model, clock speed Mhz cache, dimensions, etc. are not relevant as long as the CPU instruction sets are identical. So no, they do not have to be the exact same model.

  In addition, you can enable Enhanced vMotion compatibility (EVC) on a cluster of servers with the same CPU provider, which allows you to establish the lowest common denominator of a generation of CPU between different hosts. For example, the Xeon E5 2609 v2 you mentioned is a generation Ivy Bridge CPU. If you add a generation Sandy Bridge Xeon you define the EVC to Sandy Bridge mode, as it is the older generation in your cluster and containing all common instructions sets that are also found in the home of Ivy Bridge of latest generation. If you add a

  host with Haswell generation CPU, you would set the EVC at Ivy Bridge mode respectively.

  VCA will hide the new instructions to virtual machines to ensure that they can be migrated directly to all guests.

  You have to keep AMD out of your cluster host, but that's not really make a difference in your case since vMotion work never between AMD and Intel, and that you can not use VMware HA because you are devoid of shared storage. Just be aware that VM on the host AMD will never be able to migrate to other hosts without interruption of service through enhanced vMotion.

  See these articles for more details on the VCA:

  VMware KB: Enhanced vMotion compatibility (EVC) support processor

  VMware KB: EVC and CPU compatibility FAQ

• vMotion between E5630 and e7540

  Hi all

  We can after activating the CVS vMotion between models of the following processors:

  Between

  Processor Intel Xeon E5630
  

  &
  

  Intel Xeon E7540

  
  

  
  

  Between

  Processor Intel Xeon E5630

  &

  Processor Intel Xeon E5640

  
  

  I went through the VCA compatibility chart but I don't understand it. Help, please.

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 1003212

  New features in each generation of processor. However in order to migrate live virtual computer, the CPU characteristics presented to the virtual machine must be equal on the source and target host does not cause problems (such as BSOD). The different EVC baselines hide or reveal certain CPU features to the virtual machines that are common for all processors in the cluster. Table 1.1 in the article you mentioned some of these CPU features.

  André

• VMotion compatibility - different CPU

  Sorry to post a question, but I just haven't found the answer in the readme guides and admin I have for 4.1.  We use servers for our cluster, all HP DL380 G5 with the dual Xeon 5430 (quadcore).  We are looking to add a few boxes to the cluster, and we will most likely go with the HP DL380 G7 beings are current servers are almost two years now.  G7 will always have Xeon processors, but they will certainly have higher clock speeds to this processor will not match exactly.  In my view, that this used to be a problem in the past, when he came to VM vMotioning fast between the two different cpu.  My question is, is this even a question?  If I stay within the Intel Xeon family, I'm ok for vmotion between two different cpu?  The same of course, brand just diffenrent speeds and possibly different number of hearts.

  Thank you

  -scott

  You may need to activate CVS for vMotion work

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1003212

• VMotion between EVC cluster and native cluster

  Is vmotion between EVC cluster in Nehlem mode, and a standard cluster with Nehlem processors had problems?

  given that computers virtual are presented Nehlem CPU mode in clusters botyh as ok, it should work.

• vMotion between versions and licenses

  I have a question about vMotion in vSphere 4.1.  It is primarily on licenses, as I know technically what I'm asking, it's doable.

  With the inclusion of vMotion in Standard licenses, can run a mixed environment (eg. Enterprise and Standard licenses) and vMotion between hosts with different licenses?

  For simplicity, assume that the environment is running 4.1.  Although if you know, could you please indicate if it would work between versions (eg. between 3.5 and 4.1 or 4.0 and 4.1).

  Thank you.

  
  
  The answer you are looking for is + 5.23.2

  Yes.  As long as you have licenses vMotion on all host ESX (i), and you meet the requirements of vMotion (shared storage, CPU compatibility, network, etc.) whereas there should be no problem.  Remember that if a mixed environment of VI3 and vSphere4 hosting, do not upgrade the comment tools.

• VMotion between farms

  Just a quick question.

  Is it possible to move a server using Vmotion between two different farms of the VM? The farms are in different locations on different subnets.

  Thank you

  Stefan,

  RE: VMotion, DRS, and HA only allow in a proper cluster so you cannot VMotion anything outside the cluster.

  Your a vExpert so I know that's not exactly what you wanted to say.  VMotion can be done outside of a cluster.  The main requirement is that the source host and destination have VMKernel ports on the same subnet, not that they must be in the same cluster.  DRS and HA work within the cluster and VMotion can be to destinations outside the cluster.

• Two different processors in Vista on the Satellite M-series(1M8) Device Manager

  I have two different processors in the vista Device Manager:
  first pilot intel core 2 Duo T7100 and second Core 2 Duo T7700

  What this means and how do I use it?

  Thanks Klaaus

  Hello

  This is a bug of Vista ;)
  Just remove the processors the Device Manager and reboot the laptop.
  After the restart new Vista should recognize and refresh the information in the CPU.

  Best regards