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Assuming you have everything properly configured as it relates to the networking/storage requirements surrounding vmotion, yes.
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Assuming you have everything properly configured as it relates to the networking/storage requirements surrounding vmotion, yes.

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That is my mistake. &nbsp;I figured you were putting the system into maintenance mode first which will automatically handle the migration of VMs prior to reboot. &nbsp;Hanccocka is correct. &nbsp;Please adjust the points accordingly.
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That is my mistake.  I figured you were putting the system into maintenance mode first which will automatically handle the migration of VMs prior to reboot.  Hanccocka is correct.  Please adjust the points accordingly.

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If you reboot an ESXi in DRS/HA cluster from the console will the system migrate the VMs off before it reboots?
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If you reboot an ESXi in DRS/HA cluster from the console will the system migrate the VMs off before it reboots?

Rebooting ESXi in DRS/HA cluster from the console - migration?

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