Hot migration is not recommended for converting Active Directory Domain Controllers. It is highly recommended that you stop all possible applications and services that write data on disks before starting hot migration.
Cold migration is the migration of a source machine that is in the powered-off state. Cold migration is recommended for converting MS Exchange servers, database servers such as Oracle or MS SQL, and other servers on which data is dynamically changed when a server is powered on to preserve the data consistency. If the data on disks remains static, you can perform hot migration. Cold migration of physical servers can be performed if you boot from the live CD and run the process of converting a physical machine including disks drives and the operating system.
In the current example, VMware Converter 6. The source physical machine is running Windows Server Step 1: Source System. Select a source machine. Since a physical Windows Server must be converted, select Powered on , select Remote Windows machine as the source type, and specify the IP address or DNS name, the user name, and password.
Then, hit View source details. VMware vCenter Converter Standalone agent must be deployed on the remote Windows machine in this case. You should select whether to uninstall the agent files when import succeeds automatically or not.
Then, hit Yes to continue. Once the agent is installed, you can view source details. Notice that VMware Converter 6. Hit Close , then hit Next in the Source System window. Step 2: Destination System. As a physical machine running Windows Server used in this example must be converted to a VM running on an ESXi host, VMware Infrastructure virtual machine must be selected in VMware Converter for this step; select the destination server.
Step 3: Destination Virtual Machine. Step 4: Destination Location. Select the ESXi host, cluster or resource pool that is connected to the selected Datacenter and select the datastore available on that ESXi host.
There must be enough free space on the selected datastore. If the modern operating system is installed on a source machine, you can select the latest available virtual machine version hardware version for the destination VM. The virtual machine version that can be selected also depends on a version of the destination ESXi host.
Step 5: Options. This step allows you to select the following options for the destination VM:. Data to copy. Select which disks and volumes you want to copy. You can select thick or thin provisioning type for destination virtual disks you should select advanced view and resize volumes if needed.
In this example, a physical disk that contains two volumes is converted to a thin provisioned virtual disk. It is recommended that you tick the checkboxes:. You can select the number of virtual processors, processor cores, virtual disk controllers, and memory size. Select networks to which virtual network adapters of the VM must be connected. On the Source Services tab, you can select which running services on the source Windows machine to stop before starting P2V conversion with VMware Converter.
On the Destination Services tab, you can select the startup mode for services on the destination VM. Advanced options. There are two tabs — Synchronize and Post-conversion. In the Post-conversion tab, you can set the power state for a source machine and destination machine after P2V conversion is finished.
The Post-conversion processing options are:. Throttling allows you to perform your usual tasks during the conversion process. Step 6: Summary. Check your settings for the new machine conversion job you created and if everything is correct, click Finish to start conversion in VMware Converter. After machine conversion is started, wait until the conversion process is fully completed.
The time needed for conversion depends on the amount of data stored on the source machine disks and network speed. Now that a Windows machine is converted, power on the destination VM if you have not selected to power on the VM automatically during conversion job creation. As you recall, in our example we have selected to install VMware Tools on the destination virtual machine automatically. This means that VMware Tools are in the process of being installed.
VMware Tools have been installed successfully. On the Source System screen, select the Powered Off option. Doing so will change the drop-down selections showing you an option for Hyper-V Server. Once connected to the Hyper-V server, you will see a list of VM guests that are available. Select the VM you want to convert and click Next. In the example below, you are converting the VM guest Windows Server.
There are two other options available in the drop-down. These are useful for making a lab machine but not used for production P2V operations usually. When you select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine , you must then provide the host details of your ESXi host or vCenter server cluster. The user account used to connect should have the appropriate rights to perform administrative operations on an ESXi host or vSphere cluster.
Click Ignore. Be sure to choose a datastore that has plenty of free space. Also, always specify the virtual machine version that matches your VMware Infrastructure supported version. Version 17 is supported on ESXi 7. Select the check box for Install VMware Tools on the destination virtual machine under Post-conversion processing. VMware Tools provides a set of services that enhance the manageability of a VMware virtual machine.
You want this on your converted VM. Finally, on the Summary page, review the configuration settings, and when satisfied, click Finish to begin the conversion process. Once the Status has changed to Completed , start the newly converted virtual machine.
Since the tutorial is using ESXi, the below screenshot is showing that. Log into the newly-created VM and verify all networking, services, and apps are working correctly. When converting a physical or Hyper-V host in the last section, you came across an Options screen.
This screen contained a whole lot of information that the tutorial skipped over. Thick-provisioned disks are virtual disks that reserve as much space on the datastore as they are assigned. Notice the Used space and Total space columns, as shown below. The used space is significantly smaller than the physically allocated space. Click on the Destination layout tab. This tab contains information about each volume that the VMware converter will create.
You can see below that it defaults to a Thick -provisioned type. This saves valuable system resources that can be provisioned to other machines that need additional resources in the short term. Click on the Other tab, and you can then adjust the number of virtual sockets and cores along with the virtualized disk controller. Imagine for a moment you are converting a virtual machine that will need a second vNIC for load balancing purposes.
Your virtual host has plenty of physical NICs distributed among all your VM guests as virtual switches and virtual networks. To accommodate this scenario, you can allocate those additional vNICs during the conversion process.
These settings could have unintended consequences when changed during conversion. If you have to make any firewall rule adjustments, for example, your MAC addresses will change and have to be updated. One option, in particular, Synchronize the Destination Machine with Changes Made to the Source Machine , is a nice feature when converting Windows computers. This helper VM processes the data the Converter accumulates throughout the conversion process.
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Kick it! Table of Contents. Downloading vCenter Converter. VMware vCenter Converter Standalone. VMware vCenter Converter — Convert machine option. Converting Windows machines.
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