# Why your KubeVirt VMs can't move between clusters -- and how EVPN fixes it

DevFeed: [Why your KubeVirt VMs can't move between clusters -- and how EVPN fixes it](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-your-kubevirt-vms-can-t-move-between-clusters-and-how-evpn-fixes-it-17635.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://thenewstack.io/kubevirt-evpn-vm-migration/>)

Author: Miguel Duarte Barroso

Published: 2026-08-08T14:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Kubernetes Overview, News and Trends | The New Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kubernetes-overview-news-and-trends-the-new-stack.md>)

Topics: [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/evpn.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>)

Tags: [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [cncf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cncf.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/evpn.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [kubernetes-networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes-networking.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [post-contributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-contributed.md>), [sponsor-cncf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sponsor-cncf.md>), [sponsored-post-contributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sponsored-post-contributed.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains why moving KubeVirt virtual machines between Kubernetes clusters requires a stretched Layer 2 network and a separate migration path. It presents EVPN/VXLAN, managed by OpenPERouter through Kubernetes custom resources, as an overlay-based approach intended to preserve VM IP and MAC addresses while separating migration traffic.

## Source excerpt

Your team has moved VMs to Kubernetes with KubeVirt. The workloads are running. The team is gaining confidence. Then someone The post Why your KubeVirt VMs can't move between clusters -- and how EVPN fixes it appeared first on The New Stack.