Move VM from Intel Host to AMD Host 2

[nhidalgo]

I currently have a cluster of 4 hp dl380 g5's with intel xeon processors. I was looking at ordering a new Dell with 4 Opteron Quad processors. I know i cannot vmotion between these hosts. But is there any issue with shuting the vm down on the intel server. Migrating it to the amd and booting it back up. I guess the guest os will see the processor change. Has anyone done this and had any issues.

 

[TechyMcSe2k]

I have a 6 node cluster. Back when it was only 4 servers of the same make, model and proccessors I added two updated HP servers with slighty different processors. I had to tweak the VM's, under settings, options, CPUID Mask under Advanced. You will also see there is a tab for specified configuration for AMD processors. I would either call or research VMWARE for a viable answer. It will depend on the exact processors you will be using and what specific AMD overides that may be necessary. I would take a clone of the VM in question and copy it over to the new server and see if you have any issues and go from there.

 

[ArizonaGeek]

What you could do instead of migrating the servers is to just use the P2V tool and move them that way. I would think that would work. For sure if you used something like Platespin or StorageCraft you could V2V them.

Cheers
Rob

The answer is always "PEBKAC!

 

[nhidalgo]

Thanks guys, I am going to give it a try.
Nick