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VMotion and Storage VMotion


VMotion is a VMware product that enables you to move a live or running virtual machine to a different host server without shutting it down. If you've never used it before, you can get step-by-step instructions on how to obtain, configure and use VMotion here.

But VMotion does have some gotchas that involve network and storage. Our technical tips explain how to circumvent these issues.

Storage VMotion enables you to migrate virtual machine disk files across storage arrays without shutting down the virtual machines. You can find usage scenarios and step-by-step beginner's how-tos here.

IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (1) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (8) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (1)

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The VMware-Microsoft hypervisor battle continues
SearchVMware.com | 10 Aug 2009
ARTICLE - Microsoft continues to preach that VMware ESX costs too much, especially now that Hyper-V R2 includes free Live Migration. Can VMware beef up ESXi free edition?
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 8
Ask Eric: Virtualization security challenges, scripting a virtual inventory and more
Submitted By: Eric Siebert, Contributor | 28 Sep 2009
ASK ERIC - Eric answers readers' questions about virtualization's security challenges, how to script a virtual inventory and whether defragmenting a virtual machine with a thin disk will create problems for the thin disk.
Downloading, configuring and using VMotion in vSphere 4
22 Sep 2009
TIP - VMotion moves virtual machines to new hosts without creating downtime -- a win for admins and end users alike. Here's how to download, configure and use VMotion in vSphere.
Keynotes, new tech and Tweetups at VMworld 2009
Submitted By: SearchVMware.com | 10 Sep 2009
TIP - VMworld 2009 offered two new VMware products, professional networking, vendor-hosted dinners, parties, and news on VMware VIew, PC-over-IP, long-distance VMotion and more.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 1 of 1
How to set up and use VMware's VMotion: A screencast
SearchServerVirtualization.com | 15 Aug 2007
SCREENCAST - Discover how to use VMotion, VMware's virtual machine migration tool, in this step-by-step animated demonstration.
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