Our VMware environment is expanding - we are in the process of re-architecting some network connections. Can anyone offer some recommendations or best practice on the following questions.
1). On new host builds can we use a different IP range for the management network without causing issues with subnets already used by existing hosts ? Can we change the IP of existing hosts without a rebuild ?
2). We are in very short supply of Cisco ports. My Network Services team asks if we can combine management network traffic with vMotion traffic over the same physical connection. What would the ramifications
be if we did allow both ? Unless we have a host failure any vMotion activity is controlled manually and very light. We are working (on-going project) on a DR plan, but have nothing in place.