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Q. Can I move a virtual machine (VM) from an Intel box to an AMD box, and vice-versa?
John Savill
September 2, 2009
1 Min Read
A. You can't move a VM between different CPUs using online migration technologies like Quick Migration and Live Migration. However, if you shut down the VM and start it on a new host with a different processor, there isn't a problem. There are no Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) problems related to different processors.
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