6.5.1

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DRS Does Not Evacuate a Host Requested to Enter Maintenance or Standby
Mode
DRS does not evacuate a host requested to enter maintenance mode or standby mode.
Problem
When you aempt to put a host into maintenance or standby mode, DRS does not evacuate the host as
expected.
Cause
vSphere HA is enabled and evacuating this host might violate HA failover capacity.
Solution
There is no solution. If appropriate, disable vSphere HA before you aempt to put the host into maintenance
mode or standby mode.
DRS Does Not Move Any Virtual Machines onto a Host
DRS does not move any virtual machines onto a host.
Problem
DRS does not recommend migration of virtual machine to a host that has been added to a DRS-enabled
cluster.
Cause
After a host has been added to a DRS-enabled cluster, the virtual machines deployed to the host become part
of the cluster. DRS can recommend migration of some virtual machines to this host just added to the cluster.
If that does not occur, there may be problems with vMotion, host compatibility, or anity rules. The
following are possible reasons:
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vMotion is not congured or enabled on this host.
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Virtual machines on other hosts are not compatible with this host.
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The host does not have sucient resources for any virtual machine.
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Moving any virtual machines to this host would violate a VM/VM DRS rule or VM/Host DRS rule.
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This host is reserved for HA failover capacity.
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A device is mounted to the virtual machine.
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The vMotion threshold is too high.
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DRS is disabled for the virtual machines, hence the virtual machine could not be moved onto the
destination host.
Solution
Address the issue that prevents DRS from moving virtual machines onto a host.
DRS Does Not Move Any Virtual Machines from a Host
DRS does not move any virtual machines from a host.
Problem
Virtual machines are not moved from this host.
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