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Problem
When you power on a virtual machine, DRS does not migrate it as expected when there are not enough
resources on the host where the virtual machine is registered.
Cause
The following are possible reasons why DRS does not move the virtual machine.
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DRS is disabled on the virtual machine.
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The virtual machine has a device mounted.
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The virtual machine is not compatible with any other hosts.
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No other hosts have a sufficient number of physical CPUs or capacity for each CPU for the virtual
machine.
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No other hosts have sufficient CPU or memory resources to satisfy the reservations and required
memory of this virtual machine.
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Moving the virtual machine will violate an affinity or anti-affinity rule.
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The DRS automation level of the virtual machine is manual and the user does not approve the
migration recommendation.
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DRS will not move fault tolerance-enabled virtual machines.
Solution
Address the issue that prevents DRS from moving the virtual machine.
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