Physical to virtual conversion

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• Physical to virtual (P v) Conversion of vCenter Server

  What are all the things I need to think about when convering vCenter server from one physical machine to a virtual machine?  For example:

  1 if the SQL database is on the same server, it can be corruputed?

  2. If I create P to V would be vm and let it sit for a day, while the physical vCenter server is in place, what is happening with Active Directory when I stop the physical and virtual vCenter server takes over?  The vCenter Server virtual would have a less recent synchronization with Active Directory than the physical server, I just stopped.  No problem?

  StageCoach says:

  No unjoining and join vCenter server to this domain questions all possible - such as the loss of permissions, etc that I need to be wary of?

  nothing whatsoever.  vCenter has all it's information stored in a database.  The reason for the possible reach of the field is just to update the AD and DNS object

• Physical to virtual clustering on vmware

  Hi all

  We plan to convert one of our (AD) domain controller in Virtual box, then must make grouping with another physical box (DHCP).

  Can someone help me on this...

  First need to know

  1 can we do clustering on physical Virtaul-bix in a windows environment. ?

  2. Keeeping (ADC) box of vmware domain controller is recommended... a... ? If so can we Virtaul virtual or physical to virtual clustering.

  Note: The controller (ADC) of area intended only DHCP enabled no specified ROLE on this.

  Thanks in advance

  Concerning

  Konate

  What do P2V ADC?

  This is a wrong approach

  AD is a database structure that could not be stopped on a running system.

  So the only way to make a coherent P2V, it is use a cold conversion (but you need the Enterprise Converter) or try to do it in Restore Mode Active Directory.

  André

• Possible to have the physical and virtual units of ESA in the same group?

  Given the scarcity of available information about virtual appliances, anyone have any ideas if it is possible to run a physical C160 and a C300V running the same version of ASyncOS in the same cluster.  I need to migrate from physical to virtual and has been evalualting the possbilty of the migration to the C300V from the C160 by adding a C300V to a cluster and then decommissioning the C160.

  Someone know about this?

  Thank you

  Nathan-

  Yes.  You can, as long as the appliance and virtual appliance running the same AsyncOS.  The "clusterconfig" command will work in the same exact way.  You need to just make sure that your C300V has the featurekeys loaded in order to run the cluster.

  -Robert

• Physical RDM virtual RDMs taken in charge in vSphere 6.0

  Anyone know if this process in KB 1006599 works in vSphere 6.0 +?

  VMware KB: Switching between physical and virtual compatibility modes in ESX/ESXi, a mapping of raw data

  We are about to move a bunch of RDM to VMDK, but we need to convert physical to virtual RDMs first (you can live storage migration [to VMDK] with virtual RDM but not medical examinations). The other part of the story is that we are running vSphere 5.5 and are about to upgrade to vSphere 6.0

  KB wrote on October 17, 2014 and I wonder if this is still the method support in vSphere 6.0 and that it has not been updated; or if it is no longer supported, in which case I have to do the migration before the upgrade?

  Thank you

  I see no reason why this will not work in vSphere 6, given that the procedure is simply to remove the physical RDM disks and add them again as RDM virtual disks... In my view, that the KB is just outdated.

• Physical vs Virtual DMZ

  I implement the vCloud Suite of products in a multiclient environment and currently do not have a demilitarized zone.   In seeking to define what the DMZ network will look like, devrais I guess that I need one that is defined by a separation of physical networks such as the following:

  (Outside of the physical <>- physical <>- DMZ-<>- Firewall firewall network <>- internal network)

  Is to have a demilitarized zone in a conventional, as above, with two firewalls of both sides, always recommended?

  Can I do the same thing with POSSIBLE and when is it appropriate to set my DMZ in software vs hardware?

  Hello

  Well the following will work using only virtual Firewall:

  <->outside the physical switch <->outside Teddy <->VDS <->FW <->VDS DMZ <->FW <->Outside outside inside VDS

  Physical switch <->Teddy <------------------------>VDS DMZ DMZ DMZ

  Then attach a physical DMZ via the DMZ VDS and specific ports outside your chassis and a physical switch in the DMZ upstream.

  Or the following if you want to combine physical and virtual firewall

  Outside <->physics FW <->DMZ Phsysical Switch <->Teddy <->pvNIC <->DMZ VDS <->FW <->DMZ VDS from inside the DMZ

  If you want to use a DMZ or not depends on what you're really trying to do.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
  VMware communities user moderator, VMware vExpert 2009-2015

  Author of the books ' VMWare ESX and ESXi in the business: Planning Server Virtualization Deployment, Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. ' Of VMware VSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: securing the virtual environment ', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.

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• VMWare ESXi 5.5 - VMotion &amp; HA supported MDM physical or virtual

  Hello

  Hope someone can shed some light on the survey below:

  1. can you VMWare ESXI 5.5 HA and Vmotion supported with vmdk files located in front of multiple vmfs datastore 3/5? I have problems with VMotion or HA?
  
  2. can you VMWare ESXI 5.5 HA and Vmotion (not storage Vmotion) support with a VM scenario below:

  3 three nodes with iSCSI SAN storage

  VM1
  -Drive C-> vmfs Datastore1
  -Drive D-> RDM (is this support on a physical or virtual compatibility mode)
  

  VM2

  -Drive C-> vmfs Datastore 1

  -Drive D-> vmfs Datasore 2

  
  IV ' e seen these link below no mention if need pyshical or virtual mode
  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1005241
  https://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.VMware.vSphere.storage.doc%2FGUID-D9B143D8-9F93-41D1-A32F-9FF4DE4CDF14.html
  
  3. can you multiple access by 5.5 ESXi host the same data store (located on a San) vmfs using the free version of ESXi 5.5?
  Can I use this in a production environment? I have seen some companies test this on a non-production environment. Technically, it works.
  
  Thank you
  Paul

  Welcome to the community-

  (1) as long as the DRS HA cluster hosts see data even warehouses there will be no problem

  (2) once more, also longer than the nose can see data warehouses including the LUNS as the RDM it home should be without issue.

  (3) Yes multiple instances of the free version of ESXi can access LUNS shared - Yes it can be used in a production environment, but remember you can not handle the free hypervisor with vCenter.

• How to know the difference between RDM physical and virtual

  Hello!

  How can I see if a RDM (RAW device) is physical or virtual?

  I can see it in the vmx file or easily elsewhere?

  I have a few servers running both VMFS and RDM disks inside the virtual machine, and when you use ESX Ranger and make an instant backup, they are ignored to be backed up.

  Grateful for a response

  When you change the settings of the virtual machine and choose the RDM - there will be a radio button selected for the RDM mode, it is - it is really obvious. She'll be selected for the physical or virtual.

• RDM (Raw Device mapping) physical or virtual?

  Hello:

  I have VM and will add a hard drive.  RDM will be, but I was wondering what "Compatibility Mode" choose "physical or virtual?

  It's my production Oracle machine and this new drive will contains about 500 GB of DATA...

  I think it would be nice to use the 'virtual' mode, to make snapshots, but I'm worrying that, for this one big disk, it will take a lot of time and a lot of space... There are other arguments that I should consider?

  Thank you very much.

  Best regards

  olegarr

  olegarr wrote:

  Surya,

  Thank you very much for your help.

  What is any other reason to use Virtual Mode, if I used instant no?

  Thank you

  olegarr

  "design of the SAN and Deployment Guide system.

  Virtual mode for a mapping specifies full virtualization of the mapped device. He

  appears to the operating system exactly the same as a virtual disk in a file

  VMFS volume. The actual physical features are hidden. Virtual mode

  customers who use raw disks of the benefits of VMFS, such as advanced files

  locking for snapshots to streamline development and data protection processes.

  Virtual mode is also more portable across storage than the physical hardware,

  with the same behavior as a virtual disk file.

  Physical mode for a device mapping gross specifies the SCSI virtualization minimum of la

  device mapped, allowing greater flexibility for SAN management software. In

  physical, VMkernel mode all SCSI commands to the device, with a

  exception: the REPORT LUNS command is virtualized, so that VMkernel can isolate the

  volume to the virtual machine owner. Otherwise, all the physical characteristics of the

  underlying hardware are exposed. Physical mode is useful for running the SAN management

  agents or other software SCSI target on the virtual machine. Mode of physics

  also virtual and physical memory allows for cost-effective high availability clustering.

• vCentre virtual conversion physical server

  We run vCentre 4.0 server who is physically installed on windows xp and want to virtualize in our vSphere ESX DR environment. The intention is to use the vCentre converter to generate the virtual machine on the server ESX and then use the existing physical vcentre to recognize the virtualized vCenter VM and set its IP address to what was the physical vCentre and then decommission the physical vCentre. During our attempted conversion vCentre VM, we have experienced a blue screen at 95% and conversion failed, note it was after stopping relevant services and the SQL db. This approach is possible, or does it install vCentre on a virtual machine manually and move the database?

  Thank you

  Hello

  I recommend installing a new Virtual Center, then restoring the DB and start working it would be best practice as well. If the converter is defective please check the logs of converter to see why and where it fails.

  Please take a look at the following KB

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/5850444

  Kind regards

  Jana.

  NOTE: If your question or problem has been resolved / answered, please mark this thread as answered and awarded points accordingly.

• RAW disk mapping - virtual Conversion / physics?

  Hi all

  I have set up a machine virtual everything on time with a basic disk and also an extra disk I configured as a "Raw Disk Mapping. When I set up the new drive with the wizard in VC, he asked me if I wanted to set up the drive as a virtual disk or physical disk. The Assistant said that if I set it up as a virtual drive, it might be included in the snapshots etc...

  At this point I have it configured with physical access.

  What I want to do now is to convert the disk to a virtual disk, so I wonder if there is a way to do it?

  Best regards, Nick.

  Stop the virtual machine and delete the ROW. Then add the ROW to the VM in virtual compatibility mode and start your virtual machine. You should be good.

• Conversion of physical to virtual RDM

  Hi all

  I just stopped my VM and to convert the existing drive in virtual compatibility mode, but somehow the option is disabled?

  How can I change itin vSphere client 4.u1

  can someone help me please?

  Kind regards

  AWT

  Please remove the disc RDM and re - add again in the correct mode.

  André

• Physical to virtual (P2V) conversion fails with the error: a general error occurred

  Hi VMware community,.

  
  

  I am using ESXI 5.1 and use Vm 5.5.3 Converter.

  I need to convert P2V a motor on a Linux machine. But I got a problem when Formatinh the Partition of.

  Pls help me fix.

  
  

  Thank you!
  

  

  Do a Google search on your error. You will find several suggestions to try as verification of SSH, using IP instead of names of hosts, check /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny, network, firewall etc.

• Copy the physical to virtual servers

  Hello

  I'm trying to vrtualizing our server Park.  All domain controllers and file servers are running under two hosts of ESX3.5i.

  We also have a member WSUS and AV win2003 server and an intranet server Debian with a lot of other running services.

  It would be a lot of work to reinstall these two, and if I remember correctly, I heard about the tools that can "virtualize" a physical server.  I think it was by starting a kind of client CD and connect as a 'customer' to ESX and disk image of the physical machine processed and copied on ESX as a virtual machine.

  We got ESX Server 3.5i with our new Dell PowerEdge servers.

  1. the process of 'conversion' above would be possible for us to our win2003 and debian servers?

  2. What is the success rate, and a lot of traps in this process?

  3. do we need to buy more licenses of VMW to convert these two...?

  Thank you very much for the comments on this

  concerning

  Tor

  Simply use VMware converter to convert the machines. No, I converted a Debian machine before, so perhaps someone else could chime in on this. You will have no problem with Windows-based computers.

• I am often unable to enter text with the physical or virtual keyboard, making research and impossible connections in Firefox, forcing me to use Chrome. What to do

  Use Google Nexus 9 with the latest Android. Since one of the recent os updates the keyboard sometimes fails to appear when I enter a text box on a page while using Firefox. This makes research and connections-impossible. Bluetooth virtual and physical keyboards fail to register. It is intermittent. Visit the same page in Chrome has no problem, but I want to continue with Firefox. Please let know us, if I can't fix this I'll have to give up Firefox. Shame!

  Hi Rijumati,
  I understand that there are some forms on a few Web sites that does not load a keyboard to enter data in this text field. I'm happy to help you.

  For the test, can you please give an example where that happens?
  Also this happens with the default keyboard or another has been added?