Supported Vmware Features And Operations; General Features (Vcenter Server) - Cisco CSR 1000v Series Software Configuration Manual

Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v in VMware ESXi Environments

Supported VMware Features and Operations

VMware supports various features and operations that allow you to manage your virtual applications and
perform operations such as cloning, migration, shutdown and resume.
Some of these operations cause the runtime state of the VM to be saved and then restored upon restarting. If
the runtime state includes traffic-related state, then on resumption or replaying the runtime state, additional
errors, statistics, or messages are displayed on the user console. If the saved state is just configuration driven,
you can use these features and operations without a problem.
The table "Supported VMware Features and Operations: Storage Options (for Both vCenter Server and vSphere
Client)" lists the VMware features and operations that are supported on the Cisco CSR 1000v. For more
information about VMware features and operations, see the
The following VMware features and operations are not supported in all versions of the Cisco CSR 1000v, but
can still be used or performed on non-supported versions at the risk of encountering dropped packets, dropped
connections, and other error statistics:
• Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS)
• Fault Tolerance
• Resume
• Snapshot
• Suspend
See the following sections for more information.
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General Features (vCenter Server)

Table 17: Supported VMware Features and Operations: General Features (for vCenter Server Only)
Supported Entities
Cloning
Migrating
General Features (vCenter Server), on page 71
Operations (for vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client), on page 72
High Availability, on page 74
Storage Options (for vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client), on page 75
First Supported Cisco CSR 1000v Release
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
Supported VMware Features and Operations
VMware Documentation .
Description
Enables cloning a virtual machine or
template, or cloning a virtual machine to a
template.
The entire state of the virtual machine as
well as its configuration file, if necessary,
is moved to the new host even while the
data storage remains in the same location
on shared storage.
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