Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtual Machines hang after migration via VMware Motion

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

After a vMotion across VMware ESXi hypervisors, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtual Machines hang and become inaccessible

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Observed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 but could occur in other major releases
  • Mixed VMware ESXi hypervisors
    • Observed when live migrating Virtual Machines between ESXi 6.0 and 6.5
    • VMware vMotion used for RHEL guest migration

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