Cold Migration fails The operation is not supported on the object
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Cold Migration fails The operation is not supported on the object

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Article ID: 374817

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Cold migration of VM fails. Powered on migration of VM works. 

 

UI displays error: 

vim.VirtualMachine.relocate: :vmodl.fault.NotSupported

Environment

esxi host upgraded from 7.x to 8.x that uses a vsphere provisioning vmk

Cause

The provisioning VMK nic has a null value set in vsish while on 7.0 which triggers the vmotion failure when upgraded to 8.0

Resolution

Fixed in 8.0U3. 

 

Workaround: 

vsish -e set /config/Net/strOpts/ProvisioningVmknics vmkX (replace x with the number of the provisioning vmk)

 

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