[TriLUG] Semi-OT: vmware vmotion

Matt Pusateri mpusateri at wickedtrails.com
Tue Feb 22 12:51:35 EST 2011


On Feb 22, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Jason Evans wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've got 2 servers both running esxi 4.1 each with 1 datastore.  I'm
> trying to get vmotion to work between the two servers with the VM
> powered on without creating a go-between NFS share.  In vshpere, I
> have a datacenter (XYZ) created and under the datacenter, I have
> cluster (ABC) created.  In the cluster is host 1 and host 2.  The VM
> is running RHEL5 and the goal is to migrate it from host 1 to host 2
> without shutting it down.  All of the documentation that I've seen
> says that an NFS share must be created or an external LUN must be
> connected to for this to work.  Is there another way of doing this?
> Thanks.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Jason


Jason,

Please clarify your datastore setup, you say you have 1 datastore, but not a NFS share that both ESX hosts can see?  How are you sharing that single datastore?  Both ESX servers must be able to see that single datastore, and have access to it.


Matt P.




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