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# sk112245 - Various issues after migrating vSEC Gateway Virtual Edition in Hypervisor Mode / vSEC Gateway for NSX in Hypervisor Mode between ESXi hosts or Storage using vMotion

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk112245 |
| Date Created | 2016-07-04 |
| Last Modified | 2026-08-10 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Cloud Firewall |
| Versions | R82.10, R81 (EOS), R81.10 (EOS), R81.20, R82 |
| OS | Gaia |
| Platform | VMWare ESX |

## Symptoms

- * Various issues after migrating vSEC Gateway Virtual Edition (VE) in Hypervisor Mode between ESXi hosts or Storage using vMotion.
* Various issues after migrating vSEC Gateway for NSX in Hypervisor Mode between ESXi hosts or Storage using vMotion.

## Cause

Storage or Host vMotion of the vSEC Gateway in **Hypervisor Mode** (Service VM) is *not* supported.

Storage or Host vMotion of the vSEC Gateway in **Network Mode** *is* supported\*.  

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vMotion is not supported for Security Management / Multi-Domain Management / SmartEvent / Log Servers.

## Solution

No fix is required; the system is functioning as designed.

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