On the Management Network properties, on the general tab to enable vMotion.Ĭlick on Ok to close the Management Network properties and then click on close to close the vSwitch0 properties.įollow the same steps on all the VMWare ESXi hosts. By default it is disabled and we need to enable vMotion. On the vSwitch0 properties, we can see that vMotion is disabled. VSwitch is the default virtual switch that gets created and all the newly created Virtual Machines by default host on this vSwitch 0. On the right pane, select configuration tab.Ĭlick on the properties of vSwitch0. Select the ESXi host on which you want to enable vMotion. Steps to enable vMotion using vCenter Server 6
![vcenter 6.5 vcenter 6.5](http://www.thetechtardigrade.com/content/images/2020/01/1-1.png)
Virtual Machine should not be using direct resources of Host e.g. All the Virtual Machines are hosted on Shared Storage.ģ. Shared storage must be connected to all the VMWare ESXi hosts.Ģ. In the old post, we have learned the steps to configure vCenter Server and storage vMotion.ġ. All the pre-prerequisites are explained below for your reference.
![vcenter 6.5 vcenter 6.5](https://hydrasky.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0.png)
However before we enable vMotion please ensure that you complete all the pre-requisites that are required for vMotion to work properly.
![vcenter 6.5 vcenter 6.5](https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Connect-directly-to-vSphere-ESXi-6.5-host.png)
Besides that it needs to be enabled if we want DRS or HA to be enabled for our environment. Vmotion is the best feature that Organizations are using during planned maintenance. VMotion is required to hot migrate (powered on) Virtual Machine from one ESXi Host to another. In this post, we’ll learn the steps to configure vMotion using vCenter Server 6.
#Vcenter 6.5 how to#
How to configure vMotion using vCenter Server 6