ML
    • Recent
    • Categories
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Register
    • Login

    how to move VM from vmware workstation to hyper-V

    IT Discussion
    9
    88
    23.4k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • I
      IT-ADMIN @JaredBusch
      last edited by

      @JaredBusch said:

      You need to use the Hyper-V P2V tools. This has nothing to do with your existing Hypervisor.

      Download and install this to convert your existing VM.
      http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497
      Oh I see. It is a very important information. But if I use xenserver I must use a tool to import my vm from vmware workstation

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • B
        bbigford @scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        @scottalanmiller said:

        @BBigford said:

        Since you're using workstation. You can launch VMware Workstation and you should be open on the "Home" tab. From there you can choose the Physical to Virtual option (P2V) and go through the process steps accordingly.

        I think that that only applies to converting to ESXi.

        It sounded like he was working within VMware Workstation (for whatever the reasoning) and moving to Hyper-V instead of continuing with a VMware hypervisor. I figured OP could convert the server to virtual, then import it into Hyper-V. I think I should have simply recommended Disk2VHD instead and cut out VMware as the middle man...

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • S
          scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          I'm confused, if you convert from one type of VMware virtual to another, does that make importing to HyperV easier?

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • I
            IT-ADMIN
            last edited by

            the question is very clear : i have one VM hosted in vmware workstation type 2 and i want to move this VM to my new Hypervisor host machine (hyper-V or XenServer)

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • I
              IT-ADMIN
              last edited by IT-ADMIN

              finally i move my VM to my XenServer Hypervisore by importing the .VMDK file and it is done !!

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • I
                IT-ADMIN
                last edited by IT-ADMIN

                Now i have trouble with my VM, the IP is shown as unknown
                2015-08-27_190716.png
                , after doing some research i found out that i have to install xenserver tools, the bad news is i have to run CLI in both centos (for my freePBX VM) and freebsd (for my pfsense VM) to mount the iso located in my virtual DVD,
                well i start with centos and do the following :
                mkdir /mnt/DVD
                2015-08-27_185945.png
                2015-08-27_190033.png
                in this stage the iso was mounted, isn't it ? i think yes because the directory contain the setup files for xenserver tool like this image show :
                2015-08-27_190304.png

                after that i launch the installer but i get a shitty message
                2015-08-27_190419.png

                i guess my centos version 6.5 is not supported, please help me ,,, i'm lost

                I 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • I
                  IT-ADMIN
                  last edited by IT-ADMIN

                  knowing that i don't know how to deal with Linux CLI nor freeBSD CLI 😞

                  C 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • C
                    coliver @IT-ADMIN
                    last edited by

                    @IT-ADMIN said:

                    knowing that i don't know how to deal with Linux CLI nor freeBSD CLI 😞

                    Out of curitosity what happens if you type

                    sudo ifup eth0
                    

                    Into your CentOS machine?

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                    • I
                      IT-ADMIN
                      last edited by

                      unfortunatley i'm out of office now because i just finish my shift, because there is a huge time difference btw us and USA,
                      now it is 7:36 pm and tomorrow friday we are off, next saturday i will try that command i'm very sorry you want to help me but i'm out of office now

                      C 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • I
                        IT-ADMIN
                        last edited by

                        i was waiting the whole day but i know that in US it was early morning, we receive support from US engineers and not other part of the world

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • C
                          coliver @IT-ADMIN
                          last edited by

                          @IT-ADMIN said:

                          unfortunatley i'm out of office now because i just finish my shift, because there is a huge time difference btw us and USA,
                          now it is 7:36 pm and tomorrow friday we are off, next saturday i will try that command i'm very sorry you want to help me but i'm out of office now

                          No problem. I have a CentOS 6.5 server running on top of XenServer at home and one of the things you have to do when first setting it up is bring up the interface. If that works (it probably will) You will then need to add

                          onboot=yes
                          

                          into the

                          /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
                          

                          config file.

                          I 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                          • I
                            IT-ADMIN
                            last edited by

                            i don't know why the majority of engineers that are willing to help others and share their precious knowledge are USA engineers,

                            C S D 3 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                            • C
                              coliver @IT-ADMIN
                              last edited by

                              @IT-ADMIN said:

                              i don't know why the majority of engineers that are willing to help others and share their precious knowledge are USA engineers,

                              I do it to "pay it forward". I don't know a lot but when I can help I do because people helped me when I was just starting.

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                              • I
                                IT-ADMIN @coliver
                                last edited by

                                @coliver said:

                                @IT-ADMIN said:

                                unfortunatley i'm out of office now because i just finish my shift, because there is a huge time difference btw us and USA,
                                now it is 7:36 pm and tomorrow friday we are off, next saturday i will try that command i'm very sorry you want to help me but i'm out of office now

                                No problem. I have a CentOS 6.5 server running on top of XenServer at home and one of the things you have to do when first setting it up is bring up the interface. If that works (it probably will) You will then need to add

                                onboot=yes
                                

                                into the

                                /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
                                

                                config file.

                                i promise you i will do that next friday and tell you what i get
                                thanks

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • S
                                  scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                                  last edited by

                                  @IT-ADMIN said:

                                  i don't know why the majority of engineers that are willing to help others and share their precious knowledge are USA engineers,

                                  One reason is that we have more engineers than anywhere else. Volume makes a big difference. But you are right, the numbers do seem to be very high for US versus other regions to do this even taking into account the volume.

                                  Might be cultural. It could be as simple as jobs in the US want people who are demonstrably active and good. How many people outside of the US would list their ML or SW posting on their resumes? But in the US I always have this posting on there.

                                  Many cultures favour IT staff (and most staff) that is quiet and does what they are told. But culturally in the US it is expected that good IT staff will push back on management and not just cave to senior staff telling them what to do. I know that between the US and India this is a huge difference.

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • S
                                    scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by scottalanmiller

                                    Although we should not that several contributors here that are quite active like @Carnival-Boy and @Breffni-Potter and @akp982 are British, not American, and while @dominica and I are American citizens we do not primarily live there. @joy and @nadnerB are busy contributors too, also not American. @MattSpeller is Canadian. @Ambarishrh is in the UAE. @nic lives in the US but isn't an American. Just some examples that I thought of quickly. I'm sure there are tons of non-Americans here that are busy posting. Certainly more American than not, but probably not as dramatically American as it can seem.

                                    JoyJ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                    • JoyJ
                                      Joy @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      Although we should not that several contributors here that are quite active like @Carnival-Boy and @Breffni-Potter and @akp982 are British, not American, and while @dominica and I are American citizens we do not primarily live there. @joy and @nadnerB are busy contributors too, also not American. @MattSpeller is Canadian. @Ambarishrh is in the UAE. @nic lives in the US but isn't an American. Just some examples that I thought of quickly. I'm sure there are tons of non-Americans here that are busy posting. Certainly more American than not, but probably not as dramatically American as it can seem.

                                      So true @scottalanmiller , I find a lot of people here are very helpful not only from US, but from different parts of the world lols. Just make sure to explain your problem loud and clear, to get the best answer.
                                      PS. I'm still in the process of learning 😐 😐

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
                                      • I
                                        IT-ADMIN
                                        last edited by IT-ADMIN

                                        finally i solve the problem, thanks to this article : http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2037891

                                        i had to change the MAC address in ifcfg-eth0 because it retained the old one (issued by vmware), when i move the VM to XenServer, the MAC address changed in the VNIC but was not changed in the config file, i changed and it work fine, now i can ping and everything

                                        but the weird thing is still i have unknown on the ip address in the networking tab in XenCenter even if i restart the host and the guest more than one time ?!!?!?!?

                                        S 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                        • S
                                          scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                                          last edited by

                                          @IT-ADMIN said:

                                          but the weird thing is still i have unknown on the ip address in the networking tab in XenCenter even if i restart the host and the guest more than one time ?!!?!?!?

                                          Sounds like the Xen PV driver(s) is missing.

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                          • I
                                            IT-ADMIN
                                            last edited by

                                            yes they are missing, i can't install them

                                            S 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 3
                                            • 4
                                            • 5
                                            • 4 / 5
                                            • First post
                                              Last post