Maintenance using VMware VMotion
VMware VMotion technology can be used to do maintenance in a physical server avoiding an unexpected failure. It allows that a virtual machine is moved from one server to another without interruption.
To be able to use VMotion, enough spare resources shall be available in the VMware cluster as well the required licenses.
The figures below show the VMotion process.
First, the Virtual Servers need to be moved to another physical machine with enough resources to handle the MX-ONE servers.
Figure 1. VMware VMotion example
After the migration, the physical server can be repaired.
Figure 2. VMware VMotion example
As soon as the physical server is repaired, the MX-ONE servers can be moved back to the original physical server.
Figure 3. VMware VMotion example
For more information regarding VMware VMotion, please read:
Migration with vMotion
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