VMware vSphere vMotion is a core feature that enables the live migration of a running virtual machine (VM) from one physical ESXi host to another without any service interruption or downtime. The entire state of the VM, including its memory, network connections, and storage access, is transferred seamlessly. This technology is fundamental for dynamic load balancing (using DRS), proactive hardware maintenance without scheduling application downtime, and ensuring high availability of workloads within a vSphere cluster. The migration is transparent to the end-user and the applications running inside the VM.

A. Streaming high-definition video is an application-level task that runs inside a virtual machine, not a feature of the underlying vSphere infrastructure.

C. Migrating a server from Hyper-V to VMware is a virtual-to-virtual (V2V) conversion, typically performed by a separate tool like VMware vCenter Converter, not vMotion.

D. Virtual machines are an abstraction of physical hardware; they do not have physical components like hard drive platters. This statement is technically nonsensical.

1. VMware vSphere Documentation. vSphere Resource Management Guide for vSphere 8.0

"Migration with vSphere vMotion" section. The guide states

"Migration with vSphere vMotion allows you to move powered on virtual machines from one host to another... without any interruption in the availability of the virtual machine." (Accessed via VMware Docs).

2. VMware vSphere White Paper. vSphere vMotion Architecture

Performance

and Best Practices in vSphere 7

Introduction

Page 4. The document defines the technology as: "VMware vSphere vMotion enables the live migration of a running virtual machine’s state from one physical server to another—with no downtime."

3. VMware vSphere Product Page. VMware vSphere Feature Comparison

"vMotion" feature description. The official product page describes vMotion as a feature that allows you to "Eliminate application downtime from planned server maintenance by migrating running workloads from one server to another." (Accessed via vmware.com).