Troubleshooting / symptôme

VMware vMotion fails due to network

Hot migration cannot start or ends in error.

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Quick troubleshooting view

What you are seeing

Hot migration cannot start or ends in error.

First checks
  1. Limit the impact.
  2. Collecting Evidence.
  3. Test the the simplest hypothesis.
Recommended actions
  1. Correct the confirmed cause rather than the symptom.
  2. Document the change and result.
  3. Establish supervision if the defect can recur.
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VMware.Intermediate.

Hot migration cannot start or ends in error.

Important: relevez toujours le message d’erreur exact et l’heure du problème avant de modifier la configuration. Les actions proposées doivent être adaptées à votre environnement.

Causes probables

  • VMkernel.
  • VLAN
  • MTU

Diagnostic étape par étape

  1. 1

    Limit the impact.

    Identify whether a position, service or entire site is affected.

  2. 2

    Collecting Evidence.

    Keep the message accurate, time, and associated logs.

  3. 3

    Test the the simplest hypothesis.

    Compare with equipment or functional path.

  4. 4

    Correct and validate.

    Apply only one change at a time and retester.

Solutions possibles

  • Correct the confirmed cause rather than the symptom.
  • Document the change and result.
  • Establish supervision if the defect can recur.
Quand escalader ?

Cadader if the impact extends, if the data are at risk or if the cause involves irreversible modification.

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