Avoiding errors while directly communicatively coupling a virtual machine to a host system

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having instructions stored therein, which when executed, cause a processing device to:

• determine that there is a requirement to provide direct communicative coupling between a virtual machine executed by a first host system and one of a plurality of host systems;
• select a second host system as the one of the plurality of host systems, wherein the second host system is selected responsive to (i) configuration information for the second host system at least partially matching configuration information for the first host system, (ii) a hardware interface of the second host system being free of network traffic for a threshold period of time, and (iii) a determination that providing the direct communicative coupling between the virtual machine and the second host system will not cause an error in a second virtual machine executed on the second host system;
• and
• provide direct communicative coupling between the second host system and the virtual machine via the hardware interface of the second host system, wherein the direct communicative coupling provides the virtual machine with exclusive control of resources of the second host system.

A system comprising:

• a memory device;
• and
• a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device, the processing device to:
• determine that there is a requirement to provide direct communicative coupling between a virtual machine executed by a first host system and one of a plurality of host systems;
• select a second host system from the plurality of host systems, wherein the second host system is selected responsive to (i) configuration information for the second host system at least partially matching configuration information for the first host system, (ii) a hardware interface of the second host system being free of network traffic for a threshold period of time, and (iii) a determination that providing the direct communicative coupling between the virtual machine and the second host system will not cause an error in a second virtual machine executed on the second host system;
• and
• provide a direct communicative coupling between the second host system and the virtual machine via the hardware interface of the second host system, wherein the direct communicative coupling provides the virtual machine with exclusive control of resources of the second host system.