vMotion causing glitches on moved machines
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Doesn't vMotion move the memory state? Should not corrupt as the VM never stops, I thought.
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@Reid-Cooper said in vMotion causing glitches on moved machines:
Doesn't vMotion move the memory state? Should not corrupt as the VM never stops, I thought.
Yeah, that's why I'm wondering if this is something corrupt in the inodes or the like. Moving the VM between hosts shouldn't effect that at all.
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I agree, the memory should be protecting it from corruption. Not sure what stage would expose the storage here. Possible it is a bug, but that's unlikely in VMware.
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I can tell you that we are on the latest build version of 5.5. I run the move from the web client and I select the reserve for optimal performance on the migration. I am just moving the VM from one host to another.
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@WLS-ITGuy said in vMotion causing glitches on moved machines:
I can tell you that we are on the latest build version of 5.5. I run the move from the web client and I select the reserve for optimal performance on the migration. I am just moving the VM from one host to another.
Have you run an fsck before doing the vmotion? I'm wondering if it's something pre-existing that just isn't caught.
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@travisdh1 I did one after because it required it to get it working again. I cannot recall if I have done one since doing the fsck.
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@WLS-ITGuy said in vMotion causing glitches on moved machines:
@travisdh1 I did one after because it required it to get it working again. I cannot recall if I have done one since doing the fsck.
Now we're getting somewhere at least. We just don't know weather doing the vmotion is causing the issue. Can you make a temp image of the machine (no networking), and do an fsck on it before and after doing a vmotion? That'll help us eliminate one cause at least.
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@travisdh1 Even though I may get slammed for asking this, How would I make a temp image, Clone to VM?
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@WLS-ITGuy said in vMotion causing glitches on moved machines:
@travisdh1 Even though I may get slammed for asking this, How would I make a temp image, Clone to VM?
I'm not used to ESXi, so possibly different. Take snapshot -> restore from snapshot -> remove all network interfaces during the restore options.
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@travisdh1 I believe you can create a new VM from a snap, just like what can be done with XS.
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@WLS-ITGuy said in vMotion causing glitches on moved machines:
@travisdh1 Even though I may get slammed for asking this, How would I make a temp image, Clone to VM?
We won't slam you for saying you don't know and asking.
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@WLS-ITGuy said in vMotion causing glitches on moved machines:
@travisdh1 Even though I may get slammed for asking this, How would I make a temp image, Clone to VM?
If you have vCenter, you should be able to right-click and clone the VM in question to a new VM or to a template. I cannot remember, however, if the VM must be powered off to clone to a new VM.
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Was able to make the vm clone. When I booted up I didn't have any issue so I wasn't required to fsck anything. Moving it now and I'll check it and post again.
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@WLS-ITGuy No issues. Wasn't required to fsck after a reboot.
