• ESXi 6.0
• NFS Datastores (NetApp)
Hey Guys...
We are doing a VM migration (compute and storage).. the compute migration is complete.
Our ESXi Host has the source and target datastores (different NetApp filers) mounted.
We want to svmotion a powered on VM from source array to target array (filer).
What is the traffic flow for a powered on svmotion?
Does it use the management interface to transfer the VM when going between (source and target) datastores?
- Management Interface: vlan 1
- Source Datastore: vlan 2
- Target Datastore: vlan 3
Would the traffic flow be vlan 2, 1, 3 ?
The reason we ask is that the Management Interface (vlan 1) is connected to the firewall and we want to keep the traffic away from the firewall.
We know that we can redirect the svmotion to another vkernel port... but are trying to understand what it will do by default.
Any feedback is much appreciated.
Stuart