Management of virtual machine migration in an operating environment

A computer-implemented method for migrating a virtual machine among a plurality of hosts on a network, comprising:

• a first host of the plurality of hosts monitoring the first host hosting a first plurality of virtual machines for a first virtual machine migration event;
• the first host determining whether the first virtual machine migration event causes the first host to be overcommitted;
• the first host identifying a first low priority virtual machine on the first host in response to the first host being overcommitted;
• the first host determining a first optimization path that includes migrating the first low priority virtual machine to a second host of the plurality of hosts;
• the first host implementing the first optimization path for the first low priority virtual machine on the first host without input from the second host;
• the second host automatically accepting the first low priority virtual machine;
• the second host monitoring the second host hosting a second plurality of virtual machines for a second virtual machine migration event;
• the second host determining whether the second virtual machine migration event causes the second host to be overcommitted;
• the second host identifying a second low priority virtual machine on the second host in response to the second host being overcommitted;
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• the second host implementing a second optimization path for the second low priority virtual machine on the second host.