2V0-620 · Question #62
Which three are requirements when using vMotion to move a virtual machine across vCenter Server systems? (Choose three.)
The correct answer is A. Both vCenter Servers must be using Enhanced Linked Mode. B. Both vCenter Servers must be in the same Single Sign-On Domain. C. Time must be synchronized. Cross-vCenter vMotion requires Enhanced Linked Mode, a shared SSO domain, and synchronized time across both vCenter Server systems.
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Which three are requirements when using vMotion to move a virtual machine across vCenter Server systems? (Choose three.)
Options
- ABoth vCenter Servers must be using Enhanced Linked Mode.
- BBoth vCenter Servers must be in the same Single Sign-On Domain.
- CTime must be synchronized.
- DDuplicate VM MAC addresses must be configured.
- EBoth vCenter Servers must have High Availability enabled on source and destination clusters.
How the community answered
(60 responses)- A78% (47)
- D15% (9)
- E7% (4)
Why each option
Cross-vCenter vMotion requires Enhanced Linked Mode, a shared SSO domain, and synchronized time across both vCenter Server systems.
Enhanced Linked Mode is required for cross-vCenter vMotion because it enables both vCenter Servers to share a unified inventory view, allowing the destination vCenter to appear as a valid migration target during the live migration workflow.
Both vCenter Servers must belong to the same Single Sign-On domain so that authentication tokens are mutually trusted between systems, which is a mandatory prerequisite for authorizing the cross-vCenter vMotion session.
Time synchronization via NTP is required because vSphere uses timestamps for Kerberos-based authentication and session tokens - a skew greater than the allowed threshold between hosts or vCenter servers will cause the vMotion handshake to fail.
Duplicate VM MAC addresses are never a valid configuration requirement and would cause network collisions on the destination segment - unique MAC addresses must be preserved across the migration.
High Availability is a cluster-level feature that restarts VMs on host failure and has no dependency relationship with vMotion - HA does not need to be enabled on either cluster to perform a live migration.
Concept tested: Cross-vCenter vMotion prerequisites and SSO domain requirements
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-D19EA1CB-5222-49F9-A002-4F8692B92D63.html
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