vMotion
Live migration of running virtual machines.
What is vMotion?
VMware vMotion enables the live migration of running virtual machines from one physical server to another with zero downtime, continuous service availability, and complete transaction integrity.
[Diagram: vMotion Migration Process]
Requirements
- Shared storage (Fibre Channel, iSCSI, or NAS) reachable by both hosts.
- A Gigabit Ethernet network for the vMotion network.
- Identical CPU feature sets (or EVC enabled).