Veeam Quick Migrate making copies when migrating
When using Veeam quick migrate I notice sometimes it doesn't just do a straight migrate (relocate) , it makes a copy
of the server, the migrates that, powers down the original and powers up the new migrated server. This obviously causes an outage, typically 5 mins, and defeats the purpose of a live migration.
I don't choose any differ options than I do when it performs the relocation as desired.
It also seems to do this when it sees the target as a bottle neck.
I never chose my data transfer source or target proxy (dont really know what it means).
Is there any way I can force this not to happen even if Veeam sees the target as a bottle neck?
It also seems to select different types of migration for me 'cold migration' & 'smart switch' being two of them?
of the server, the migrates that, powers down the original and powers up the new migrated server. This obviously causes an outage, typically 5 mins, and defeats the purpose of a live migration.
I don't choose any differ options than I do when it performs the relocation as desired.
It also seems to do this when it sees the target as a bottle neck.
I never chose my data transfer source or target proxy (dont really know what it means).
Is there any way I can force this not to happen even if Veeam sees the target as a bottle neck?
It also seems to select different types of migration for me 'cold migration' & 'smart switch' being two of them?
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Thanks for this. As veeam seems to select the option is uses at random, can you tell me which
one doesn't do the power off the machine? I see there is a vMotion option too.
one doesn't do the power off the machine? I see there is a vMotion option too.
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Hi,
On some of the migrations, there is not ping outage. I tracked 10, and two timed out for 5 mins, 1 had one timeout and 7 had zero timouts.
On some of the migrations, there is not ping outage. I tracked 10, and two timed out for 5 mins, 1 had one timeout and 7 had zero timouts.
that's good then!
even using VMware vMotion or Storage vMotion you can expect to get 1 to 2/3 ping timeouts, as switches learn new routes for traffic.
but there is no downtime in the VM.
even using VMware vMotion or Storage vMotion you can expect to get 1 to 2/3 ping timeouts, as switches learn new routes for traffic.
but there is no downtime in the VM.
This is correct.
I'm afraid the software for free, does hat it's designed to do.
If you want a better application, we would recommend the commercial application Double Take MOVE.
see my EE Articles
HOW TO: "Live Migrate" VMware Virtual Machines between ESX/ESXi hosts and/or datastores for FREE without licenses for vMotion or Storage vMotion
HOW TO: Migrate physical, virtual and cloud based workloads with real-time replication to VMware vSphere (ESXi) using Double-Take MOVE