Mr. Google couldn't directly answer this question for me so I
figured I'd throw it out here just in case someone else wanted the direct
answer.
I had three HP
Proliant DL365 G5 servers, with dual Quad-Code AMD Opteron 2356 Processors as
my VMware hosts. They went into production in 2008 and served us well.
I added a new server into the mix, an HP Proliant DL165 G7, with
dual AMD Opteron 6220 Processors.
They did not seem to play well with VMware’s vMotion so I figured
I needed to enable the Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) mode. Well, the older host didn’t seem compatible
with that either. In vSphere Client, when you look at the
SUMMARY of the host, there is a heading “VMware EVC Mode:” It will say “Disabled”, of course, if it isn’t
enabled, but next to it there is a info box.
When you click that it says: “Supported EVC Modes: EVC Not Supported”. Drab!
Not to be discouraged I Googled around but couldn’t find anything
that specifically said anything about my older hosts processors supporting EVC
or not. But I did find a VMware tool
(and ISO) that creates a boot CD that will tell you for sure what the deal
is.
So, with fingers crossed, I booted-up the old and reliable host with
the newly burned bootable CD. Ah, look
at all those YESes!!
But SNAP – the final
nail! “Supported EVC Modes: None”
I guess I’m going server shopping…
