So, we recently starting using 1000v distributed switches. We have two clusters, each with it's own distributed switch (different VLANs).
Obviously we can't hot VMotion between these two clusters because of the network differences, but back when we were using the standard vSwitches, we were able to shut down a VM, and migrate between clusters. It would warn us that the network settings on the VM would not work on the target host, but it would still migrate. No big deal, we would just have to remember to edit the network settings on the VM before we powered it up.
But with a distributed switch, it's not a warning, it's an error condition and we can't migrate at all.
Is this working as intended? This is really annoying.
Here's the warning we see when migrating between clusters with a standard vSwitch... Just a warning, and we can still migrade
Here's the error we see when migrating a shutdown VM between clusters with distributed switch. It's an error and we cannot migrate at all.
Is this working as intended? If want to move a VM from one cluster to another cluster, how do I do it?