diff --git a/doc/source/admin/index.rst b/doc/source/admin/index.rst
index 6b031ba96806..3632294526e7 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/index.rst
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ instance for these kind of workloads.
    virtual-gpu
    file-backed-memory
    ports-with-resource-requests
+   vdpa
    virtual-persistent-memory
    emulated-tpm
    uefi
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/vdpa.rst b/doc/source/admin/vdpa.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8583d327cccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/admin/vdpa.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+============================
+Using ports vnic_type='vdpa'
+============================
+.. versionadded:: 23.0.0 (Wallaby)
+
+   Introduced support for vDPA.
+
+.. important::
+   The functionality described below is only supported by the
+   libvirt/KVM virt driver.
+
+The kernel vDPA (virtio Data Path Acceleration) framework
+provides a vendor independent framework for offloading data-plane
+processing to software or hardware virtio device backends.
+While the kernel vDPA framework supports many types of vDPA devices,
+at this time nova only support ``virtio-net`` devices
+using the ``vhost-vdpa`` front-end driver. Support for ``virtio-blk`` or
+``virtio-gpu`` may be added in the future but is not currently planned
+for any specific release.
+
+vDPA device tracking
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+When implementing support for vDPA based neutron ports one of the first
+decisions nova had to make was how to model the availability of vDPA devices
+and the capability to virtualize vDPA devices. As the initial use-case
+for this technology was to offload networking to hardware offload OVS via
+neutron ports the decision was made to extend the existing PCI tracker that
+is used for SR-IOV and pci-passthrough to support vDPA devices. As a result
+a simplification was made to assume that the parent device of a vDPA device
+is an SR-IOV Virtual Function (VF). As a result software only vDPA device such
+as those created by the kernel ``vdpa-sim`` sample module are not supported.
+
+To make vDPA device available to be scheduled to guests the operator should
+include the device using the PCI address or vendor ID and product ID of the
+parent VF in the PCI ``device_spec``.
+See: :nova-doc:`pci-passthrough <admin/pci-passthrough>` for details.
+
+Nova will not create the VFs or vDPA devices automatically. It is expected
+that the operator will allocate them before starting the nova-compute agent.
+While no specific mechanisms is prescribed to do this udev rules or systemd
+service files are generally the recommended approach to ensure the devices
+are created consistently across reboots.
+
+.. note::
+   As vDPA is an offload only for the data plane and not the control plane a
+   vDPA control plane is required to properly support vDPA device passthrough.
+   At the time of writing only hardware offloaded OVS is supported when using
+   vDPA with nova. Because of this vDPA devices cannot be requested using the
+   PCI alias. While nova could allow vDPA devices to be requested by the
+   flavor using a PCI alias we would not be able to correctly configure the
+   device as there would be no suitable control plane. For this reason vDPA
+   devices are currently only consumable via neutron ports.
+
+Virt driver support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Supporting neutron ports with ``vnic_type=vdpa`` depends on the capability
+of the virt driver. At this time only the ``libvirt`` virt driver with KVM
+is fully supported. QEMU may also work but is untested.
+
+vDPA support depends on kernel 5.7+, Libvirt 6.9.0+ and QEMU 5.1+.
+
+vDPA lifecycle operations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+At this time vDPA ports can only be added to a VM when it is first created.
+To do this the normal SR-IOV workflow is used where by the port is first created
+in neutron and passed into nova as part of the server create request.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   openstack port create --network <my network> --vnic-type vdpa vdpa-port
+   openstack server create --flavor <my-flavor> --image <my-image> --port <vdpa-port uuid> vdpa-vm
+
+When vDPA support was first introduced no move operations were supported.
+As this documentation was added in the change that enabled some move operations
+The following should be interpreted both as a retrospective and future looking
+viewpoint and treated as a living document which will be updated as functionality evolves.
+
+23.0.0: initial support is added for creating a VM with vDPA ports, move operations
+are blocked in the API but implemented in code.
+26.0.0: support for all move operation except live migration is tested and api blocks are removed.
+25.x.y: (planned) api block removal backported to stable/Yoga
+24.x.y: (planned) api block removal backported to stable/Xena
+23.x.y: (planned) api block removal backported to stable/wallaby
+26.0.0: (in progress) interface attach/detach, suspend/resume and hot plug live migration
+are implemented to fully support all lifecycle operations on instances with vDPA ports.
+
+.. note::
+   The ``(planned)`` and ``(in progress)`` qualifiers will be removed when those items are
+   completed. If your current version of the document contains those qualifiers then those
+   lifecycle operations are unsupported.
diff --git a/nova/compute/api.py b/nova/compute/api.py
index 66543f57dc0a..1d19473b2f30 100644
--- a/nova/compute/api.py
+++ b/nova/compute/api.py
@@ -4100,9 +4100,6 @@ class API:
     # finally split resize and cold migration into separate code paths
     @block_extended_resource_request
     @block_port_accelerators()
-    # FIXME(sean-k-mooney): Cold migrate and resize to different hosts
-    # probably works but they have not been tested so block them for now
-    @reject_vdpa_instances(instance_actions.RESIZE)
     @block_accelerators()
     @check_instance_lock
     @check_instance_state(vm_state=[vm_states.ACTIVE, vm_states.STOPPED])
@@ -4341,10 +4338,7 @@ class API:
             allow_same_host = CONF.allow_resize_to_same_host
         return allow_same_host
 
-    # FIXME(sean-k-mooney): Shelve works but unshelve does not due to bug
-    # #1851545, so block it for now
     @block_port_accelerators()
-    @reject_vdpa_instances(instance_actions.SHELVE)
     @reject_vtpm_instances(instance_actions.SHELVE)
     @block_accelerators(until_service=54)
     @check_instance_lock
@@ -5565,8 +5559,6 @@ class API:
 
     @block_extended_resource_request
     @block_port_accelerators()
-    # FIXME(sean-k-mooney): rebuild works but we have not tested evacuate yet
-    @reject_vdpa_instances(instance_actions.EVACUATE)
     @reject_vtpm_instances(instance_actions.EVACUATE)
     @block_accelerators(until_service=SUPPORT_ACCELERATOR_SERVICE_FOR_REBUILD)
     @check_instance_state(vm_state=[vm_states.ACTIVE, vm_states.STOPPED,
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_pci_sriov_servers.py b/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_pci_sriov_servers.py
index d5e5be8ebf1d..2ca6c3f9c93e 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_pci_sriov_servers.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_pci_sriov_servers.py
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ class VDPAServersTest(_PCIServersTestBase):
         # fixture already stubbed.
         self.neutron = self.useFixture(base.LibvirtNeutronFixture(self))
 
-    def start_compute(self):
+    def start_vdpa_compute(self, hostname='compute-0'):
         vf_ratio = self.NUM_VFS // self.NUM_PFS
 
         pci_info = fakelibvirt.HostPCIDevicesInfo(
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ class VDPAServersTest(_PCIServersTestBase):
                 driver_name='mlx5_core')
             vdpa_info.add_device(f'vdpa_vdpa{idx}', idx, vf)
 
-        return super().start_compute(
+        return super().start_compute(hostname=hostname,
             pci_info=pci_info, vdpa_info=vdpa_info,
             libvirt_version=self.FAKE_LIBVIRT_VERSION,
             qemu_version=self.FAKE_QEMU_VERSION)
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ class VDPAServersTest(_PCIServersTestBase):
             fake_create,
         )
 
-        hostname = self.start_compute()
+        hostname = self.start_vdpa_compute()
         num_pci = self.NUM_PFS + self.NUM_VFS
 
         # both the PF and VF with vDPA capabilities (dev_type=vdpa) should have
@@ -1227,12 +1227,16 @@ class VDPAServersTest(_PCIServersTestBase):
             port['binding:profile'],
         )
 
-    def _test_common(self, op, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.start_compute()
-
+    def _create_port_and_server(self):
         # create the port and a server, with the port attached to the server
         vdpa_port = self.create_vdpa_port()
         server = self._create_server(networks=[{'port': vdpa_port['id']}])
+        return vdpa_port, server
+
+    def _test_common(self, op, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.start_vdpa_compute()
+
+        vdpa_port, server = self._create_port_and_server()
 
         # attempt the unsupported action and ensure it fails
         ex = self.assertRaises(
@@ -1243,13 +1247,11 @@ class VDPAServersTest(_PCIServersTestBase):
             ex.response.text)
 
     def test_attach_interface(self):
-        self.start_compute()
-
+        self.start_vdpa_compute()
         # create the port and a server, but don't attach the port to the server
         # yet
         vdpa_port = self.create_vdpa_port()
         server = self._create_server(networks='none')
-
         # attempt to attach the port to the server
         ex = self.assertRaises(
             client.OpenStackApiException,
@@ -1261,22 +1263,283 @@ class VDPAServersTest(_PCIServersTestBase):
     def test_detach_interface(self):
         self._test_common(self._detach_interface, uuids.vdpa_port)
 
-    def test_shelve(self):
-        self._test_common(self._shelve_server)
+    def test_shelve_offload(self):
+        hostname = self.start_vdpa_compute()
+        vdpa_port, server = self._create_port_and_server()
+        # assert the port is bound to the vm and the compute host
+        port = self.neutron.show_port(vdpa_port['id'])['port']
+        self.assertEqual(server['id'], port['device_id'])
+        self.assertEqual(hostname, port['binding:host_id'])
+        num_pci = self.NUM_PFS + self.NUM_VFS
+        # -2 we claim the vdpa device which make the parent PF unavailable
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(hostname, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        server = self._shelve_server(server)
+        # now that the vm is shelve offloaded it should not be bound
+        # to any host but should still be owned by the vm
+        port = self.neutron.show_port(vdpa_port['id'])['port']
+        self.assertEqual(server['id'], port['device_id'])
+        # FIXME(sean-k-mooney): we should be unbinding the port from
+        # the host when we shelve offload but we don't today.
+        # This is unrelated to vdpa port and is a general issue.
+        self.assertEqual(hostname, port['binding:host_id'])
+        self.assertIn('binding:profile', port)
+        self.assertIsNone(server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+        self.assertIsNone(server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host'])
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(hostname, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+
+    def test_unshelve_to_same_host(self):
+        hostname = self.start_vdpa_compute()
+        num_pci = self.NUM_PFS + self.NUM_VFS
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(hostname, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+
+        vdpa_port, server = self._create_port_and_server()
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(hostname, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            hostname, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+        port = self.neutron.show_port(vdpa_port['id'])['port']
+        self.assertEqual(hostname, port['binding:host_id'])
+
+        server = self._shelve_server(server)
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(hostname, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+        self.assertIsNone(server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+        port = self.neutron.show_port(vdpa_port['id'])['port']
+        # FIXME(sean-k-mooney): shelve  offload should unbind the port
+        # self.assertEqual('', port['binding:host_id'])
+        self.assertEqual(hostname, port['binding:host_id'])
+
+        server = self._unshelve_server(server)
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(hostname, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            hostname, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+        port = self.neutron.show_port(vdpa_port['id'])['port']
+        self.assertEqual(hostname, port['binding:host_id'])
+
+    def test_unshelve_to_different_host(self):
+        source = self.start_vdpa_compute(hostname='source')
+        dest = self.start_vdpa_compute(hostname='dest')
+
+        num_pci = self.NUM_PFS + self.NUM_VFS
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+
+        # ensure we boot the vm on the "source" compute
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['dest'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'disabled'})
+        vdpa_port, server = self._create_port_and_server()
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            source, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+        port = self.neutron.show_port(vdpa_port['id'])['port']
+        self.assertEqual(source, port['binding:host_id'])
+
+        server = self._shelve_server(server)
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+        self.assertIsNone(server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+        port = self.neutron.show_port(vdpa_port['id'])['port']
+        # FIXME(sean-k-mooney): shelve should unbind the port
+        # self.assertEqual('', port['binding:host_id'])
+        self.assertEqual(source, port['binding:host_id'])
+
+        # force the unshelve to the other host
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['source'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'disabled'})
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['dest'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'enabled'})
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+        server = self._unshelve_server(server)
+        # the dest devices should be claimed
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        # and the source host devices should still be free
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            dest, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+        port = self.neutron.show_port(vdpa_port['id'])['port']
+        self.assertEqual(dest, port['binding:host_id'])
+
+    def test_evacute(self):
+        source = self.start_vdpa_compute(hostname='source')
+        dest = self.start_vdpa_compute(hostname='dest')
+
+        num_pci = self.NUM_PFS + self.NUM_VFS
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+
+        # ensure we boot the vm on the "source" compute
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['dest'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'disabled'})
+        vdpa_port, server = self._create_port_and_server()
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            source, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+        port = self.neutron.show_port(vdpa_port['id'])['port']
+        self.assertEqual(source, port['binding:host_id'])
+
+        # stop the source compute and enable the dest
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['dest'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'enabled'})
+        self.computes['source'].stop()
+        # Down the source compute to enable the evacuation
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['source'].service_ref.uuid, {'forced_down': True})
+
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+        server = self._evacuate_server(server)
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            dest, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+        port = self.neutron.show_port(vdpa_port['id'])['port']
+        self.assertEqual(dest, port['binding:host_id'])
+
+        # as the source compute is offline the pci claims will not be cleaned
+        # up on the source compute.
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        # but if you fix/restart the source node the allocations for evacuated
+        # instances should be released.
+        self.restart_compute_service(source)
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+
+    def test_resize_same_host(self):
+        self.flags(allow_resize_to_same_host=True)
+        num_pci = self.NUM_PFS + self.NUM_VFS
+        source = self.start_vdpa_compute()
+        vdpa_port, server = self._create_port_and_server()
+        # before we resize the vm should be using 1 VF but that will mark
+        # the PF as unavailable so we assert 2 devices are in use.
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        flavor_id = self._create_flavor(name='new-flavor')
+        self.assertNotEqual(server['flavor']['original_name'], 'new-flavor')
+        with mock.patch(
+            'nova.virt.libvirt.driver.LibvirtDriver'
+            '.migrate_disk_and_power_off', return_value='{}',
+        ):
+            server = self._resize_server(server, flavor_id)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                server['flavor']['original_name'], 'new-flavor')
+            # in resize verify the VF claims should be doubled even
+            # for same host resize so assert that 3 are in devices in use
+            # 1 PF and 2 VFs .
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 3)
+            server = self._confirm_resize(server)
+            # but once we confrim it should be reduced back to 1 PF and 1 VF
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+            # assert the hostname has not have changed as part
+            # of the resize.
+            self.assertEqual(
+                source, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+
+    def test_resize_different_host(self):
+        self.flags(allow_resize_to_same_host=False)
+        source = self.start_vdpa_compute(hostname='source')
+        dest = self.start_vdpa_compute(hostname='dest')
+
+        num_pci = self.NUM_PFS + self.NUM_VFS
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+
+        # ensure we boot the vm on the "source" compute
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['dest'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'disabled'})
+        vdpa_port, server = self._create_port_and_server()
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        flavor_id = self._create_flavor(name='new-flavor')
+        self.assertNotEqual(server['flavor']['original_name'], 'new-flavor')
+        # disable the source compute and enable the dest
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['source'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'disabled'})
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['dest'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'enabled'})
+        with mock.patch(
+            'nova.virt.libvirt.driver.LibvirtDriver'
+            '.migrate_disk_and_power_off', return_value='{}',
+        ):
+            server = self._resize_server(server, flavor_id)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                server['flavor']['original_name'], 'new-flavor')
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+            server = self._confirm_resize(server)
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                dest, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+
+    def test_resize_revert(self):
+        self.flags(allow_resize_to_same_host=False)
+        source = self.start_vdpa_compute(hostname='source')
+        dest = self.start_vdpa_compute(hostname='dest')
+
+        num_pci = self.NUM_PFS + self.NUM_VFS
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+
+        # ensure we boot the vm on the "source" compute
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['dest'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'disabled'})
+        vdpa_port, server = self._create_port_and_server()
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        flavor_id = self._create_flavor(name='new-flavor')
+        self.assertNotEqual(server['flavor']['original_name'], 'new-flavor')
+        # disable the source compute and enable the dest
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['source'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'disabled'})
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['dest'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'enabled'})
+        with mock.patch(
+            'nova.virt.libvirt.driver.LibvirtDriver'
+            '.migrate_disk_and_power_off', return_value='{}',
+        ):
+            server = self._resize_server(server, flavor_id)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                server['flavor']['original_name'], 'new-flavor')
+            # in resize verify both the dest and source pci claims should be
+            # present.
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+            server = self._revert_resize(server)
+            # but once we revert the dest claims should be freed.
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                source, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+
+    def test_cold_migrate(self):
+        source = self.start_vdpa_compute(hostname='source')
+        dest = self.start_vdpa_compute(hostname='dest')
+
+        num_pci = self.NUM_PFS + self.NUM_VFS
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+
+        # ensure we boot the vm on the "source" compute
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['dest'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'disabled'})
+        vdpa_port, server = self._create_port_and_server()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            source, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+
+        self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+        # enable the dest we do not need to disable the source since cold
+        # migrate wont happen to the same host in the libvirt driver
+        self.api.put_service(
+            self.computes['dest'].service_ref.uuid, {'status': 'enabled'})
+        with mock.patch(
+            'nova.virt.libvirt.driver.LibvirtDriver'
+            '.migrate_disk_and_power_off', return_value='{}',
+        ):
+            server = self._migrate_server(server)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                dest, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+            server = self._confirm_resize(server)
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(source, total=num_pci, free=num_pci)
+            self.assertPCIDeviceCounts(dest, total=num_pci, free=num_pci - 2)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                dest, server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname'])
 
     def test_suspend(self):
         self._test_common(self._suspend_server)
 
-    def test_evacuate(self):
-        self._test_common(self._evacuate_server)
-
-    def test_resize(self):
-        flavor_id = self._create_flavor()
-        self._test_common(self._resize_server, flavor_id)
-
-    def test_cold_migrate(self):
-        self._test_common(self._migrate_server)
-
 
 class PCIServersTest(_PCIServersTestBase):
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/vdpa-move-ops-a7b3799807807a92.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/vdpa-move-ops-a7b3799807807a92.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2580f73d35b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/vdpa-move-ops-a7b3799807807a92.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    When vDPA was first introduced move operations were implemented in the code
+    but untested either in a real environment or in functional tests. Due to
+    this gap nova elected to block move operations for instance with vDPA
+    devices. All move operations except for live migration have now been tested
+    and found to indeed work so the API blocks have now been removed and
+    functional tests introduced. Other operations such as suspend and
+    live migration require code changes to support and will be enabled as new
+    features in the future.