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If you have vSphere DRS configured and you actively use it, you must have one of the vSphere DRS migration thresholds configured. Below is a list of each available vSphere DRS migration threshold and what it means.
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Migration Threshold<\/strong><\/td>\nDetails<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.00<\/td>\nApply only priority 1 recommendations. vCenter Server will only apply recommendations that must be taken to satisfy cluster constraints like affinity rules** and host maintenance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.00<\/td>\nApply priority 1 and priority 2 recommendations. vCenter Server will apply recommendations that promise a significant improvement to the cluster’s load balance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.00*<\/strong><\/td>\nApply priority 1, priority 2, and priority 3 recommendations. vCenter Server will apply recommendations that promise at least good improvements to the cluster’s load balance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.00<\/td>\nApply priority 1, priority 2, priority 3, and priority 4 recommendations.
\nvCenter Server will apply recommendations that promise even a moderate improvement to the cluster’s load balance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.00<\/td>\nApply priority 1, priority 2, priority 3, priority 4, and priority 5 recommendations. vCenter Server will apply recommendations that promise even a slight improvement to the cluster’s load balance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*\u00a0<\/strong>default setting
\n**<\/strong> There are two types of Affinity Rules, VM-VM Affinity Rules and VM-Host Affinity Rules. VM-VM Affinity Rules, allows you to specify whether certain VMs should be placed on the same host or if this should be avoided.\u00a0VM-Host Affinity Rules specify whether a members of a VM DRS group can run on a Host DRS group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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