Migrate VM ware to Hyper-V
I am working on migrating VM ware to Hyper-V.
VM ware version 5.5, and I don't want to go through their update cycles to bring it up to 7.0 nor do I want to keep paying their high support cost for such a small organization.
I have a new host and SAN (that the previous IT guy got)
I have setup the new host as Hyper-V-Server and it is up and running.
Now I am at the point of getting the SAN to function on the Hyper-V-Server ( i haven't done this before, so thoughts would be useful, all the drives are iSCSI and the host only accept sata, so I don't want to have scrap the SAN if I can help it)
Finally recommendations on porting over the VM's from VM ware to Hyper-V. I was thinking Virtual Machine Manager, but also trying to save money on that option as well.
A contractor wanted 23k to migrate 6vm's which I found excessive. So any help to point me in the right directions is great.
VM ware version 5.5, and I don't want to go through their update cycles to bring it up to 7.0 nor do I want to keep paying their high support cost for such a small organization.
I have a new host and SAN (that the previous IT guy got)
I have setup the new host as Hyper-V-Server and it is up and running.
Now I am at the point of getting the SAN to function on the Hyper-V-Server ( i haven't done this before, so thoughts would be useful, all the drives are iSCSI and the host only accept sata, so I don't want to have scrap the SAN if I can help it)
Finally recommendations on porting over the VM's from VM ware to Hyper-V. I was thinking Virtual Machine Manager, but also trying to save money on that option as well.
A contractor wanted 23k to migrate 6vm's which I found excessive. So any help to point me in the right directions is great.
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@david, I can restore VM's from backups.
I haven't tried the converter, but will do so once I get the SAN connected. I think this will be my bigger challenge.
So is there anything I should look out for settings wise that might cause an issue during this process?
I haven't tried the converter, but will do so once I get the SAN connected. I think this will be my bigger challenge.
So is there anything I should look out for settings wise that might cause an issue during this process?
First you have to get the iscsi working.. What host OS 2016+ ??
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The host I am running VM's off will be Hyper-V-server
The SAN device is still on VMware, and I will be installing server 2019 for it.
*if I have what you are asking right*
The SAN device is still on VMware, and I will be installing server 2019 for it.
*if I have what you are asking right*
what do you mean by san device is still on vmware?
is it a NAS not a SAN? SAN in my thinking is a separate storage machine.
is it a NAS not a SAN? SAN in my thinking is a separate storage machine.
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So my terms might be messed up here.
The previous gentleman ordered 3 host and 1 "san" for high availability VMware setup.
The 3 host use Sata drives, and the San uses SCSI drives.
The host were setup with VMware from dell, and the san was connected to them.
The previous gentleman ordered 3 host and 1 "san" for high availability VMware setup.
The 3 host use Sata drives, and the San uses SCSI drives.
The host were setup with VMware from dell, and the san was connected to them.
I think you mean SAS hard drives
Can you list off the server makes and models?
Can you list off the server makes and models?
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Ah yes, SAS drives. darn my terms were off.
Dell 470's are the host. The SAN I will have to get when I go into the office.
Dell 470's are the host. The SAN I will have to get when I go into the office.
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Nevermind, found the invoice
PowerVault ME4024 Storage Array
PowerVault ME4024 Storage Array
The Dell 470's are 16 year old workstations not servers or are they Dell R740's (brand new almost)
PowerVault ME4024 Storage Array (Nice)
You should replace the 470's with real server products (they are ancient)
You could probably replace all 3 with 1 R730 or equivalent
How are you connecting to the PowerVault 10GE? or are you connecting with a FBA and using DAS cable?
PowerVault ME4024 Storage Array (Nice)
You should replace the 470's with real server products (they are ancient)
You could probably replace all 3 with 1 R730 or equivalent
How are you connecting to the PowerVault 10GE? or are you connecting with a FBA and using DAS cable?
I would run Disk2Vhd from running system, save it on some network storage and power it on on Hyper-V host.
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sorry the typo in my reading. the poweredge r740;s
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I was planning on using the fiber connections on the servers for connecting./
Disk2VHD is the normal tool, but you could try Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter. It has support for ESXi that old.
Although Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter is now end of life and discontinued in 2016. I've checked the download it's still available.
You must ensure that the VM OS is supported.
I wrote some EE Articles about it here.
HOW TO: P2V, V2V for FREE to Hyper-V - Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.1
HOW TO: Convert a physical server or virtual server (P2V/V2V) to Microsoft Hyper-V using Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.1
or you've got.... Double Take MOVE (there is a cost!)
HOW TO: Migrate physical, virtual and cloud based workloads with real-time replication to VMware vSphere (ESXi) using Double-Take MOVE
OR
HOW TO: Perform a Physical to Virtual (P2V) Conversion the easy way from a computer backup (image).
Although Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter is now end of life and discontinued in 2016. I've checked the download it's still available.
You must ensure that the VM OS is supported.
I wrote some EE Articles about it here.
HOW TO: P2V, V2V for FREE to Hyper-V - Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.1
HOW TO: Convert a physical server or virtual server (P2V/V2V) to Microsoft Hyper-V using Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.1
or you've got.... Double Take MOVE (there is a cost!)
HOW TO: Migrate physical, virtual and cloud based workloads with real-time replication to VMware vSphere (ESXi) using Double-Take MOVE
OR
HOW TO: Perform a Physical to Virtual (P2V) Conversion the easy way from a computer backup (image).
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Alright, sorry for the delay in updates as its been a busy week.
I have a powervault ME4024 that is filled with storage which is great, it was setup for VMware 6.7, all SAS drives
I have 3x poweredge r740 with 240gb sata drives, and no additional drive caddys to install additional storage
I have Hyper-V-core installed on one of host, setup and ready
I need to attach the powervault to this host so I can actually use that storage for VM's
I have enabled Multipathing i/o on the host.
And this is where I am stuck. as I can't seem to figure out how to connect these.
I have a powervault ME4024 that is filled with storage which is great, it was setup for VMware 6.7, all SAS drives
I have 3x poweredge r740 with 240gb sata drives, and no additional drive caddys to install additional storage
I have Hyper-V-core installed on one of host, setup and ready
I need to attach the powervault to this host so I can actually use that storage for VM's
I have enabled Multipathing i/o on the host.
And this is where I am stuck. as I can't seem to figure out how to connect these.
So you are wanting to connect the old storage for VMware, with all the VMs to the Hyper-V host, and convert them, and then use Hyper-V ?
The big problem there is Windoze cannot read VMFS (VMware File System), so even if you do manage to attach a Host to the Storage, Windows cannot read the storage, it will just say unformatted or raw storage.
Which is of no use.
or you just to to connect PowerVault ME4024 Storage Array via iSCSI to Windows ?
The big problem there is Windoze cannot read VMFS (VMware File System), so even if you do manage to attach a Host to the Storage, Windows cannot read the storage, it will just say unformatted or raw storage.
Which is of no use.
or you just to to connect PowerVault ME4024 Storage Array via iSCSI to Windows ?
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So the old vmware stuff is on old server infrastructure that I am getting rid of.
This is all new equipment I need to setup/configure first before I try to convert from the old equipment to the new equipment. Honestly I am struggling because there are 0 notes on how the gentleman before me set things up and I am trying to decipher anything I do find because it's half filed out on a notepad.
This is all new equipment I need to setup/configure first before I try to convert from the old equipment to the new equipment. Honestly I am struggling because there are 0 notes on how the gentleman before me set things up and I am trying to decipher anything I do find because it's half filed out on a notepad.
So have you added the Software iSCSI to Windows Server and connected to iSCSI SAN ?
does this video help you ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey4ADBLYTNI
does this video help you ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey4ADBLYTNI
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That video is useful in how I want to set it up.
The issue I am now running into is this was already setup (guy who set it up left the company)
It was setup for VMware 6.7
He has changed default IP's and things to where I am unable to find the interface for the dell powervault
I am trying to IP scan the network now to locate it and gain access.
Once I gain access, attempting to network/reconfigure the powervault to talk to the poweredge servers is next.
The issue I am now running into is this was already setup (guy who set it up left the company)
It was setup for VMware 6.7
He has changed default IP's and things to where I am unable to find the interface for the dell powervault
I am trying to IP scan the network now to locate it and gain access.
Once I gain access, attempting to network/reconfigure the powervault to talk to the poweredge servers is next.
if it was setup for VMware 6.7, and it has LUNs created with VMFS they are not compatible.
I would reset to factory defaults, and start from a clean page.
I would reset to factory defaults, and start from a clean page.
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I agree on resetting things to factory default. and I am in progress researching that right now. Will update when complete.
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run the setup ISCSI Initiator setup on the Hyper-V machine and connect to the LUN's
can you restore the VM's from backup?
you could use the vmware converter to do the conversion.