Are your servers VMotion Capable?
VMotion, VMware ESX June 20th. 2007, 3:11pmDo you need to determine if all your physical ESX servers are the same? VMotion Info will help you find out. The application gathers the important system information from your hosts and puts the results in one, single overview. At the Login screen just provide your username, password and the IP/DNS of your Virtual Center.
Download the VMotion Info tool here…
Need more information on VMotion compatibility?
- Vmotion CPU Compatibility for Intel processors - http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1991
- Vmotion CPU Compatibility for AMD processors - http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1992
- Vmotion - How to override CPU masks due to cpu mismatch - http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1993
- Vmotion requirements - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_admin_guide.pdf (Chapter 14)
- Vmotion between Apples and Oranges: Understanding CPU Compatibility Restraints for Vmotion - http://download3.vmware.com/vmworld/2006/tac1356.pdf
- Vmotion and CPU Compatibility - http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=452231
- Vmotion and VM Compatibility Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Servers - http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/solutions/vmotion_compatiblity_matix.pdf
- Vmotion and VM Compatibility Matrix for HP Proliant Servers - ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/vmware/vmmotion-compatibility-matrix.pdf
- HP Vmotion Compatibility Matrix - http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmware/hpvmotion-compatibility-matrix.html
VMwarewolf
June 25th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Neat idea but it does not seem to deal with multi-core/multi-processors well…
June 19th, 2008 at 10:13 am
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