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vMotion between datacenters
Is there a way to vMotion between datacenters? I went to try this but it only shows the datacenter the VM is in as an option for migrating via vMotion. I am running ESXi 4.1 with an Equalogic PS6010 iSCSI SAN.
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>> Can both datacenters see the same hardware? Same network and SAN? Are they managed by the same vCenter?
Each site has it's own Equalogic SAN. They are all on the same subnet and can ping any host in site A to any host on site B. Site A VM's point to Site A SAN. Site B VM's point to Site B SAN. Supposedly the SAN's have replication capability that in conjunction with scripts will bring up the VM's at the other site in the event of an outage.
They are managed by the same vCenter server as both datacenters appear there, but can't right click and select 'migrate'. Sounds like as coolsport00 mentioned that it's a limitation thus far. Makes me wonder why the consultant set it up in separate VMWare Datacenters even though they are essentially in the same LAN, but there must have been a good reason.
Each site has it's own Equalogic SAN. They are all on the same subnet and can ping any host in site A to any host on site B. Site A VM's point to Site A SAN. Site B VM's point to Site B SAN. Supposedly the SAN's have replication capability that in conjunction with scripts will bring up the VM's at the other site in the event of an outage.
They are managed by the same vCenter server as both datacenters appear there, but can't right click and select 'migrate'. Sounds like as coolsport00 mentioned that it's a limitation thus far. Makes me wonder why the consultant set it up in separate VMWare Datacenters even though they are essentially in the same LAN, but there must have been a good reason.
Sounds like in your SAN description what you or your SAN vendor has setup is SAN replication. Your VMotion won't work because each host is seeing different storage. You can see VMotion (well, and sVMotion) requirements in the DC Adm Guide, beginning on pg. 211:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_dc_admin_guide.pdf
The vendor created 2 DCs in vCenter because there's no need to have them in 1 due to the hosts not accessing the same shared storage.
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http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_dc_admin_guide.pdf
The vendor created 2 DCs in vCenter because there's no need to have them in 1 due to the hosts not accessing the same shared storage.
~coolsport00
You can migrate the VM via VmWare Entrprise Converter or Standalone Converter or use Other software like Veeam Replication.
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Thanks all.
Can both datacenters see the same hardware? Same network and SAN? Are they managed by the same vCenter?
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