VMware Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC)

I ran across a great post over at VMwareTips.com helping understand the Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC) feature in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 and above.

VMwareTips Post: http://vmwaretips.com/wp/2009/03/31/vmware-enhanced-vmotion-compatibility-evc/

Useful VMware KB Articles about EVC: KB 1003212

The short story of it all is if you have the processors listed in the KB article and you enable EVC (VM Settings), then you’ll be able to VMotion your VM’s.

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I have over 18 years helping small to large enterprise businesses nationwide with their enterprise storage, backup and recovery, disaster recovery and system virtualization solutions. He holds numerous storage and virtualization certifications and has personally delivered over 300 complex enterprise solution implementations. He has been privileged to speak at various national events on the topics of datacenter virtualization, end-user virtualization, hyper-converged infrastructure and disaster recovery.

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