HCX uses the Mobility Agent service to perform vMotion, Cold, and Replication Assisted vMotion (RAV) migrations.
The HCX-IX appliance adds the Mobility Agent service as a host object in the vCenter Server. The processor, memory, storage and networking resources displayed on this object does not represent actual consumption on the physical hypervisor hosting the IX appliance.
Caution:
The Mobility Agent host is required. Deleting this host can disrupt HCX Cold, vMotion, and Replication Assisted vMotion (RAV) migrations.
