Hey All,
Adding to the list of ESXI 7 annoyances, i recently been trying to get vmotion working between similar server builds. Originally the primary build had an e-2288G cpu and the second build had an e-2176G cpu. I though the issue with vmotion a live vm was due to cpu generation changes. So i recently got a replacement e-2286G cpu for the second build. Both builds are the same motherboard, memory, etc. Only major change is cpu. I didnt realize the cpu was 6 core vs 8 core when i got it off ebay. I wasnt paying too much attention since i was trying to find one that was severely over priced. I got the replacement cpu in a used dell precision tower, so i was planning to reuse the old cpu in that.
Well last night i replaced the cpu in the second unit and tried to do a vmotion of live VM. Still got the cpu features difference error and saying to setup EVC.
Am i missing something here? Does vmotion now require exact cpu to do live moves? Or is the e-2286G that much different from e-2288G that there is feature differences? All i could tell was the cores were different, features were the same.
I tried to add the 2nd host cluster with EVC enabled for icy lake and it failed with cpu features again. So i dont know if this is an issue with esxi host not picking up cpu, or bios issue, or cpu differences even if in the same generation.
Any ideas?
Adding to the list of ESXI 7 annoyances, i recently been trying to get vmotion working between similar server builds. Originally the primary build had an e-2288G cpu and the second build had an e-2176G cpu. I though the issue with vmotion a live vm was due to cpu generation changes. So i recently got a replacement e-2286G cpu for the second build. Both builds are the same motherboard, memory, etc. Only major change is cpu. I didnt realize the cpu was 6 core vs 8 core when i got it off ebay. I wasnt paying too much attention since i was trying to find one that was severely over priced. I got the replacement cpu in a used dell precision tower, so i was planning to reuse the old cpu in that.
Well last night i replaced the cpu in the second unit and tried to do a vmotion of live VM. Still got the cpu features difference error and saying to setup EVC.
Am i missing something here? Does vmotion now require exact cpu to do live moves? Or is the e-2286G that much different from e-2288G that there is feature differences? All i could tell was the cores were different, features were the same.
I tried to add the 2nd host cluster with EVC enabled for icy lake and it failed with cpu features again. So i dont know if this is an issue with esxi host not picking up cpu, or bios issue, or cpu differences even if in the same generation.
Any ideas?