Port - Exporting VM from Hyper-V and into XenServer - having issues
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@DustinB3403 The stop error I'm receiving is attached to this post
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@Lennertgenbr ok so the drivers are bugged within the VM. you'd have to either fix the issues as outlined above.
I assume this is with using the "Windows Backup" that you're attempting to restore, correct?
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@DustinB3403 It is when using windows backup AND when using the Hyper-V export function
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@Lennertgenbr Can you try disabling the Hyper-V services within the VM, and then shutdown and export the VM.
What OS is the VM running?
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@DustinB3403 I have already disabled the Hyper-V integrated services. The VM is running s2008r2
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@Lennertgenbr said in Port - Exporting VM from Hyper-V and into XenServer - having issues:
@DustinB3403 I have already disabled the Hyper-V integrated services. The VM is running s2008r2
Maybe try another backup solution to create a image you can import.
If the hyper-v drivers are disabled, and you're exporting what should be a clean VM and still having issues something else is going on.
I'd try Veeam free from your host to create a backup of the VM.
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@DustinB3403 By hyper-v drivers, do you mean the integration services? Or explicit hyper-v drivers?
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Starwind also has a conversion tool specifically for V2V conversions.
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@Lennertgenbr said in Port - Exporting VM from Hyper-V and into XenServer - having issues:
@DustinB3403 By hyper-v drivers, do you mean the integration services? Or explicit hyper-v drivers?
The drivers explicitly.
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@DustinB3403 said in Port - Exporting VM from Hyper-V and into XenServer - having issues:
@Lennertgenbr said in Port - Exporting VM from Hyper-V and into XenServer - having issues:
@DustinB3403 By hyper-v drivers, do you mean the integration services? Or explicit hyper-v drivers?
The drivers explicitly.
How in the world would i go about that?
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I'm going to give the starwind tool a try. I don't see a native option to export for xenserver but we'll see how far we get
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@Lennertgenbr Is it capable of doing live converts?
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Here is my thread on this very problem when P2Ving to XS v7.
https://mangolassi.it/topic/12129/move-windows-os-from-one-platform-to-another/28
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It primarily involved changing these registry keys
hklm\loaded hive\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Intelide\Start = 0
hklm\loaded hive\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\pciide\Start = 3Boot to windows 2008 R2 ISO, load the registry key, make changes, unload registry, reboot.
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@Dashrender I can't load a hive when i open the regedit from the cli booted from the installer. Is it normal or do i just edit the cd's registry?
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@Lennertgenbr NVM i found it. But i'm moving away from hyper-v. Is it possible i should change the other way arround?
Because i found the settings to be already as you described
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@Lennertgenbr said in Port - Exporting VM from Hyper-V and into XenServer - having issues:
@Lennertgenbr NVM i found it. But i'm moving away from hyper-v. Is it possible i should change the other way arround?
Because i found the settings to be already as you described
I was also moving away from bare metal and to XenServer. So no, those settings should be what you need.
I also had to disable the HP RAID controller services. Since you are coming from Hyper-V, I'd do google research looking for what storage drivers are installed by Hyper-V (when you install the Hyper-V integration drivers), then look through the loaded registry and disable those, then try again booting again.
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@Dashrender A weird thing i see is that my "System Reserved" disk is getting assigned a letter by default.
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@Lennertgenbr said in Port - Exporting VM from Hyper-V and into XenServer - having issues:
@Dashrender A weird thing i see is that my "System Reserved" disk is getting assigned a letter by default.
When you are in CLI mode? That's semi normal.
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@DustinB3403 said in Port - Exporting VM from Hyper-V and into XenServer - having issues:
@Lennertgenbr said in Port - Exporting VM from Hyper-V and into XenServer - having issues:
The backup i was restoring is a Windows Backup.
I have already tried exporting the VM into VHD (the source file is vhdx).The problem i keep receiving is the stop 0X7B which if not mistaking points to the hardware changes
Yeah... you'd almost never want to use Windows Backup to move to a different hypervisor.
I've done it multiple times Specifically with Server 2008 & SBS 2008. From Hyper-V to VMware, VMWare to Hyper-V, Physical to VMWare, and Physical to Hyper-V.
Windows Backups is certainly able to handle this for many. It seems that the only time I have read about fails is with XS.
