Performing vMotion fails with error “The vmotion failed because the destination host did not receive data from the source host on the vmotion network.”

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to troubleshoot the issue of vMotion connectivity.

Symptoms:

• You are attempting a vMotion migration between two ESX/ESXi hosts, and the vMotion task reaches 14% “Or any value below 21%”, then times out with this error message:

The vMotion migrations failed because the ESX hosts were not able to connect over the vMotion network. Check the vMotion network settings and physical network configuration.
OR
“The vmotion failed because the destination host did not receive data from the source host on the vmotion network.
please check your vmotion network settings and physical network configuration and ensure they are correct.”

Environment

VMware ESXi 6.5.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.x
VMware ESXi 6.7.x

Resolution

To troubleshoot this issue, Check the following KB article stated the steps of troubleshooting vMotion network connectivity issues:

“Troubleshooting vMotion network connectivity issues”

Additional Information

Enabling and verifying IOAT and Jumbo frames
Multiple-NIC vMotion in vSphere
Change to ICMP ping response behavior in ESXi 5.1 and ESXi 5.5