Setup vmotion esx

We name our first vMotion Port group. We will have one port group per vmnic that we are assigning to the vSwitch for vMotion. Also, note we are checking the box next to Use this port group for vMotion.

Add the second port group by viewing the properties of the vSwitch we created and click Add. We select that we want to use this port group for vMotion. After that, we need to assign an IP address to this VMkernel configuration. Again, we need to go into the properties of both the vSwitch and the port groups and make the change to jumbo frames. Step 2: On the vSwitch0 properties, we can see that vMotion is disabled. By default it is disabled and we need to enable vMotion.

Step 3: On the Management Network properties, on the general tab to enable vMotion. Click on Ok to close the Management Network properties and then click on close to close the vSwitch0 properties. We need to enable it on all the Hypervisors on which we want to hot migrate our Virtual Machines.

Step 1: Select the Virtual Machine that you want to migrate. Click on the Summary tab. It is must to host Virtual Machine on shared storage before we start the migration step. Step 2: As we can see that our VM is in running state. Step 3: A wizard would be started. We can see two options that are enabled i. Want to know when new posts are published? Email Address. Log into your vSphere 6.

Proceed with clicking on the Add Networking button. You are now prompted with the Add Networking Wizard. In step 1 of this wizard. Step 2 in the wizard we will be selecting New Standard Switch and then proceed with clicking Next.