During a virtual machine migration, which VMkernel networking layer handles the traffic?
During a virtual machine migration, which VMkernel networking layer handles the traffic?
During a virtual machine migration, the VMkernel networking layer responsible for handling the traffic is vSphere vMotion. vSphere vMotion is specifically designed to enable the live migration of running virtual machines from one ESXi host to another within a vSphere environment. This ensures that the entire state of a VM, including its memory, CPU, and network connectivity, is transferred seamlessly without downtime. Other options like vSAN, IP storage, and Fault Tolerance are associated with different functionalities within VMware environments.
Migration is the purpose of vMotion
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc/GUID-D4191320-209E-4CB5-A709-C8741E713348.html vMotion TCP/IP stack Supports the traffic for live migration of virtual machine
vMotion: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc/GUID-D4191320-209E-4CB5-A709-C8741E713348.html
vMotion is the correct asnwer
I think question is not so clear.
During a virtual machine migration, the VMkernel networking layer that handles the traffic is: A. vSphere vMotion vSphere vMotion is the feature used for live migration of running virtual machines from one ESXi host to another within a vSphere cluster. It involves moving the entire state of a VM, including its memory, CPU, storage, and network connectivity, from one host to another without any disruption or downtime. The VMkernel networking layer associated with vSphere vMotion manages the transmission of this data traffic between hosts during the migration process.
vMotion
vMotion TCP/IP stack: This stack supports traffic for live migration of VMs, and it provides better isolation for vMotion traffic. IP storage traffic: It handles the connection for storage types, including software iSCSI, dependent-hardware iSCSI and NFS that use standard TCP/IP networks.