Takeaway: In this screencast, Andrew Kutz goes through the process of setting up and using VMotion. Kutz -- SearchServerVirtualization.com's resident VMware expert and Burton Group analyst -- shows how to use VMotion to run virtual machines from one physical server to another without downtime. He walks through the installation process, pointing out any gotchas that could occur during the process. He shows the features of VMotion and how to put them to work. For instance, besides enabling live migrations, VMotion makes it possible to optimize virtual machines within resource pools and do hardware maintenance without downtime.
Andrew Kutz, Burton Group Analyst
Andrew Kutz is an avid fan of .NET, Open Source, Terminal Services, coding and comics. He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), a SANS/GIAC Certified Windows Security Administrator (GCWN) and a VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in VI3. Kutz graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Ancient History and Classical Civilization and currently works as an analyst for Burton Group.
• VMware VMotion constraints may fade, Intel and AMD say
VMware VMotion allows users to migrate live virtual machines between servers, but it's currently limited to machines running CPUs in the same processor generation. Otherwise, a VM originally installed on one type of CPU may try to execute instructions that don't exist on another model. That constraint may soon be a thing of the past, said representatives from both major x86 chip manufacturers, Intel Corp. and AMD Inc.
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