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• Migrate from VMware Guest Server that contains the database of VIC in the new VMware host

  Hi, I inherited a system running ESX 3.0.1. The CIV is running on a stand-alone server, but the database resides on a guest on one of the VMware hosts. I need to move/migrate the vmware client to another server so I can use it. How can I migrate because if I try I'll lose the connection to the database?

  I can not just to right and migrate because servers have different CPUs. I can first.

  Sorry if this is a newbie question.

  Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

  do not convert.  This will leave the original intact. Once it comes online and has been validated, you can destroy the old.   In addition, do if offline.

• migration of VMware templates

  Hello
  I reinstall vmware vcenter server on a new machine after I lost the old one.
  I have a few models of computers on the old server, how do I migrate them to the new vcenter server, where can I find them? Note that I can not connect to the former vcenter

  Thank you
  concerning
  Yousif

  Hi Yousif,

  Remember that data warehouses which welcomed these models? If you go to the data store, please

  1. Right click on the data store and choose Browse the data store.
  2. Look through the structure of directories for your models.
  3. When you find the folder corresponding to your model, find the file with the extension .vmtx.
  4. Right click on this file and select Add to the inventory.

• Migration of VMWare ESXi4 to VMWare Server 2

  I used VMWare ESXi4 for months, but it seems that my old server can not handle more.

  So, I would migrate to the earlier version of VMWare, which is VMWare Server 2

  There are many jobs that I created with ESXi.

  I wonder if it can use with VMWare Server2, or I have to do some kind of cloning or the conversion similar to esxi server migration?

  I'm sorry for my weak in English typo.

  Thank you

  l2oxAz

  Hello

  as OP said that is the only way to convert the virtual machine using the vmware converter.

  Best wishes / Saludos.
  Pablo

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• Migration of VMware infrastructure

  Hello

  my plan is to migrate the infrastructure of vmware (servers, network, and storage). I have to migrate

  From:

  -Runing 8 of the server on the IBM ESX 3.5, 4 support blade servers ESX 4.0, IBM 1 rack server HS21 runing runnig virtual center 4.0

  -IBM SAN for storage

  TO:

  -12 runing the HX5 Server Blade IBM ESXI 4.1 Embedded

  -Netapp for storage

  with minimal downtime of fo.

  y at - it someone who already do this migration or equivalence. What is the best way to migrate virtual machines to IBM SAN storage Netapp Storage.

  Kind regards.

  Moudai,

  It sounds very similar to a storage migration project we had at my current company.

  See the following KB

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1000936

  This helped me a lot

  Kind regards

  Chad King

  VCP

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• Migration from VmWare Workstation to a server solution

  I am running 8 virtual machines of Windows XP inside VMWare Workstation on Windows 2008 (which I use as a workstation) in a box of Quad Core with 8 GB RAM.

  My plan is to move the virtual machines of Windows XP on a separate server and possibly add a bit more to their number. I would also like to migrate the server functions of the current WIn2k8 box on that same server. These functions are the portion of light file, very lightweight SQL server and a few other minor services.

  I am happy with VMWare Workstation and in particular the VMWare Tools application, because it makes the Windows XP virtual machines as reagent as if they were not VMs. It is important that after the migration, the virtual machines are as sensitive as they are now, given that I have would be to connect to them via ethernet to a Vista/Windows 7 machine by any means is the best (Office distance or something else).

  I would like to know what solution I should opt for, I think that the options are either ESX/ESXi (what is the difference here?) - am I right that the best way to buy, as part of VMWare Server or VMware vSphere - 1.x on WIndows Server.

  I have no requirements of availability/redundancy.

  This means that ESX has a management console - what is a Linux kernel, you can perform operations as if you were on a Linux machine.

  ESXi uses a very small SSH server and officially there is no way to interact with the machine on the console - everything is done by outside

  They give the same ESX features no matter what version you use, just to manage that you need to do differently.

  Of course ESX/ESXi works that on some hardware - there is a HCL and also a community supported the list machines that are capable of runnning ESXi, but are not supported by VMware.

  VMware server - can run on practically a Windows y / OS Linux

  Good luck to you ventures!

  Maish

  Architect of virtualization & Systems Administrator

  http://technodrone.blogspot.com

• Investigation to migrate from VMware

  Hello

  I introduce myself, I am system administrator in a town hall in France and speak directly, I understand very little English

  I run a Windows and now 4 ESX version 3.5 with a VitualCenter servers environment

  This is my first post on your forum

  I have several questions

  I have a version of VMware ESX 3.5 with 4 servers ESX and vCenter server

  Question 1)

  You have to migrate to 3.5 Update04 rather than migrate to 4.0 (vSphere) is that the update is included in the maintenance of VMware?

  Question 2)

  Having no resources available in France for the migration to 4.0 (vSphere), it is difficult to do? How to upgrade my license?

  Is there a particular method to apply?

  Question 3)

  If I just update my esx version 3.5 servers Update04 is possible to do it in stages? As a first step to update my VirtualCenter and continue to use my esx normally and then update my esx servers a few days later?

  We have obligations of production and it is difficult to do everything in one operation

  Thanks in advance

  Oops. . misread responded on the upgrade process. . do not license. .. Sorry

• Migration of VMware Server 2-> ESXi

  I agree that it is probably a FAQ - if it is, a big boost for the right page would be very helpful and appreciated. My google-fu is weak today.

  (At this time), I have a server to use for virtualization. He is currently running Win2k3 x 64 and VMware Server 2.0.

  After checking the assorted HCLs, I came to the realization that this thing will probably be ESXi which, as far as I know, will that make life easier and provide more resources to my VM customers. But before you start, I need clarification on a single piece: my clients VMware Server 2 must be migrated in some way?

  I can quite easily copy their directories on a Windows file server before the upgrade.

  After the upgrade, if:

  1. I can copy them on the ESXi Server? "Speak" windows network? Or do I I intend using a USB stick or something similar

  2. How to migrate or convert the VMware Server 2 offline customers to ESXi 3?

  Are there some best practices guides that would help?

  Kind regards

  Chris

  Yes. But with a limitation - ESX (i) does not support IDE HDDS in VM.

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• Migration from VMware to USB RAID array

  Current configuration: HP N54L Microserver, P410 RAID card, 3 partitions, each 1 VMware datastore.

  VMware runs from a USB, installed from VMware-ESXi-5.5.0-1331820-HP-5.72.27-Feb2014.iso.

  Datastore1 contains virtual machines.  Datastore3 contains a data reader to one of the virtual machines.  Datastore2 is not used.

  Can I install VMware for a current HP specific image to the partition currently containing Datastore2 without losing my VMs on 1 and 3 data warehouses?

  Thank you!

  Oh now I understand! Logical drives separate are separate as readers for ESXi (and any other OS). So if you take the right one for ESXi, the last two must remain intact.

  I did this once (two logical drives on raid-controller) simple installation and did not know what is happening, so I backed up all virtual machines off site. But only the logical drive that I picked up for ESXi installation has been re-partitioned.

• Migration of VMware player for ESXi strike SCSi problem

  Hello

  I'm just a newbee with VMware.

  First, I installed Centos 6.2 on VMware Player.

  Then I download the Virtual Machine on Esxi5 U1 directory using the VMware client. (not the converter)

  Then I tried to use the VHD with creating new virtual machine on ESXi.

  But I got an error with scsi controller when I turn on the machine verual. (i.e. apparently guest OS cannot handle the controller scsi.)

  I tried all types of (e.g., LS logical parallel) scsi controller in the choice, but all are omitted.

  Is there someone like a solution for this problem.

  Josephino

  Welcome

  Using vmware converter standalone will solve your problem.

  try to download https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=converter

  GL

  Thread moved to VMware ESXi 5 to converter

• Migrate to VMware View 4.6

  Hello

  What are the exact differences between VMware View 4.6 and 4.5.

  What operating system supports VMware View 4.6?

  Do we get the best performance with VMware View 4.6 on WAN?

  Note that 4172 between the connection to the server and security server is not necessary. The correct rules are here - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/view-46-architecture-planning.pdf - there is an entire section detailing "for servers security DMZ Firewall rules. See also http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-14974 for the three steps needed to implement.

  Also note that https is the default value for the configuration of the Security server for interaction with the normal client and the secure tunnel (https).

  Select this option.

• migration of vmware server 2 to esxi 4

  I'm new to esxi.  I have converted a vm from vmware server 2 with client standalone converter to ESXI 4.0

  The problem I have is that I turn on the new machine in ESXI and it does not start.

  VMware 2.0

  The virtual machine is running fine in VMware 2.0, the host is Ubuntu 8.04 Server, clients are;

  Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition - Services Terminal Server

  Windows Server 2003 Enterprise - MS Exchange 2003 domain controller,

  Elastix - Asterisk, Openfire, SugarCRM and AvantFax

  Ubuntu 8.04 Server - Drupal, SAMBA

  Can someone help me solve this problem?  I don't know no were to start digging because I'm new to ESXI.

  What VM you tried to convert?

  Source VM has IDE drives? If so do you have attempted to assign also on ESXi?

  André

• Migrate license VMWare Fusion of my old imac to my new imac

  I bought a new iMac and want to move to VMware Fusion of my old iMac to my new iMac.  How can I do this?  I don't want to uninstall it from my old mac until it works on the new as my vm in constant use.  I tried to download and install VMware Fusion on the new Mac and using the existing series, but it won't, which does not at all surprise me, but I thought it was worth the try. Any ideas or advice would be much appreciated!

  Thank you

  Wayne

  Are you copy and paste the serial number or are manually type you it?  I'd be copying and pasting to avoid typos.

  Also you can install Fusion without enter the serial number and then restart the Mac and perform the merge and try to enter the serial number.  Sometimes restart make a difference by taking the serial number.

• PC VMware fusion migration agent: can I migrate to an external drive

  I'm evaluating merger 7 and try to migrate existing PC. Is there a way I can create a vmware file which I can move in a HARD drive rather than perform the migration on the network?

  Thank you

  Ravi

  ravi123201110141 wrote: he talks about the installation and use of "Vmware fusion migration Agent" to perform the migration. Is this different from "VMWare VCenter converter"

  While the two results in a P2V and share some code/software between then, however, they are different products.  The Agent of Migration of VMware Fusion is a limited subset of what VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is able to do.  You said in your OP ""is there a way I can create a vmware file that I can move in a HARD drive rather than perform the migration on the network?". VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is the way to go if that's what you want to do.  Personally I would never, under any circumstances use the Agent of Migration of VMware Fusion and instead use other disk imaging software then manually create a Virtual Machine VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is the way to go otherwise.

• Virtual Iron VMware migration

  I have 4 knots of virtual iron, I want to migrate to ESXi 4 then if things are stable at 4 ESX.  I'll be go 1 nodes at a time.  The nodes are connected to a SAN that is comprehensive enough fiber.  My question is:

  -is there a roadmap for the migration of Vmware Virtual Iron?

  -I'll be able to use SAN space that's already there?

  you have a server ESX (i) online? You can get the guests of Virtual Iron environment using VMware vCenter Converter vSphere4