ZSphere migration cannot create the target host instance

Issue/Introduction

This article helps troubleshoot failures to create a target host instance during ZSphere migration.

Symptoms

• The migration task fails while creating the target VM instance.
• The logs indicate that host architectures do not match. For example, the target cluster contains both ARM and x86 hosts.

Environment

• Product: ZVF
• Version: 4.10.x
• Component: ZMigrate
• Affected object: migration service
• Scenario: For migration and cloning issues, confirm the current version, deployment type, storage type, and operation timeline.

Possible causes