Unable to vMotion virtual machines between hosts with the alarm "vMotion: MTU check".
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Unable to vMotion virtual machines between hosts with the alarm "vMotion: MTU check".

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Article ID: 415366

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

  •  The vMotion ping test is unsuccessful between the source and destination hosts, using this command:
              vmkping -I <vmotion network vmk>  <destination vMotion IP>  
            If the vMotion vmk is configured with vmotion tcp/ip stack, use below command:
              vmkping -I <vmotion network vmk> <destination vMotion IP> -S vmotion         
         
  •  vMotion traffic is not passing one of the vmnics.
  •  vSAN network alarm 'vMotion: MTU check (ping with large packet size)' is seen on UI at cluster level.
  •  Network connectivity is restored after failover to unused vmnic on teaming for vMotion network.

Environment

VMware  vSphere ESXi
VMware vCenter Server

Cause

The VLAN used for vMotion is missing on the switchport for the vmnic in active use.

Resolution

Trunk the VLAN used for vMotion on the switchport connecting to the vmnic

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