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moving VMKernal port to different vswitch on ESX v4.1

I have my VMKernal port on the same vmswitch and NIC as my VMs. I want to move the VMKernal port to my other vswitch / NIC. How do I do this? Also, the vswitch/NIC I'm moving to is on a different physical switch (WAN side) that is not connected to the other physical switch.

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ryan_johnston

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gopher_49

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I reviewed the below document... Is this the correct steps?

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2037654

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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ryan_johnston

Yes, those steps in the article are correct.

gopher_49

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So I guess it's okay to have two VMkernals? This will be better for I can manage on the WAN or LAN side.

ryan_johnston

Well, it is best to have only one vmkernal port per subnet, but it is not unsupported to have more than one.

Example:

VMkernal1 is used for iSCSI traffic
VMkernal2 is used for vMotion and Management

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

Yes, it's okay to have two VMKernels, you often have two for iSCSI see my EE Article

HOW TO: Add an iSCSI Software Adaptor and Create an iSCSI Multipath Network in VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.0