vMotion failed because ESX hosts were not able to connect over the vMotion network
Applies to
- NetApp HCI
- VMware vSphere ESXi (6.7, 7.0.x, 8.0.x)
- vMotion
Issue
After upgrading the compute node firmware, vMotion fails when trying to migrate virtual machines from one ESX host to another.
Error reported
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. Migration [-1062xxxxxx:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx8621] failed to connect to remote host <###.###.###.###> from host <###.###.###.###>: Host is down.
vMotion migration [-1062xxxxxx:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx8621] failed to create a connection with remote host <###.###.###.###>: The ESX hosts failed to connect over the VMotion network 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