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Vmotion / HAwith six core and quad core

I have an infrastructure vSphere PLUS 4.1 Enterprise. HOST I have a dual processor Intel Quad Core. I'm buying a second new dual-processor HOST "sixcore".
My virtual machines (Windows 2003/2008 have up to 4 virtual cores CPU). Let me know if:
1) I can use the "VMotion" between the host and the Six Core Quad Core?
2) the function "HA" works, however, between the host and the Six Core Quad Core?

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you need to enable EVC (enhanced vmotion compatibility) assuming sixcore CPU is Intel as well
I think you need to be more concerned with processor generation, not the number of cores. Check out this KB for a comparison of which processors are cross-generation compatible and go from there:

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003212 

for vMotion check out these KB articles and determine the compatibility of your processors:

Intel: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1991

AMD: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1992

CPU Mismatch: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1993
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I have just set up some 6-core boxes (IBMx3650MIII) mixed with 4-core MI and MII on VMWare 4.0U1. Vmotions worked fine without changing any settings, As others have said its the CPU features that matter.