VM image converter (VMDK, VHD, VHDX, IMG, RAW, QCOW and QCOW2), P2V migrator
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Alec-Ricoh
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Fri Oct 04, 2024 11:27 am
Hi
We are testing out the free tool to see if we can use it to migrate a bunch of VMs across from vmare to hyper-v scvmm 2019.
The process of converting the VM across went through with no errors, VM appears in SCVMM but when booting the VM, it displays the VM needs repairing with MS tools and will not boot.
Checked the disk and network settings are accurate compared to how it was setup in VMWare and everything looks correct.
Has anyone else experienced this issue where the new converted VM's wont boot and displays recovery on BIOS?
Thankyou
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yaroslav (staff)
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Fri Oct 04, 2024 5:21 pm
Welcome to StarWind Forum
Try uninstalling VMware Tools before conversion, and make sure to tick the repair mode checkbox when converting the disks.
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Alec-Ricoh
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Wed Oct 16, 2024 9:09 am
yaroslav (staff) wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 5:21 pm
Welcome to StarWind Forum
Try uninstalling VMware Tools before conversion, and make sure to tick the repair mode checkbox when converting the disks.
Hi
Sorry for the late reply, busy weeks. Trying the above method did work and the VM booted up post migration.
However removing the vmware tools before hand causes the VMware VM to lose connectivity and become offline. Ideally we want to keep the old VM running until we failover to SCVMM.
Is this possible?
Thankyou
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Alec-Ricoh
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Thu Oct 17, 2024 8:23 am
yaroslav (staff) wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:36 am
After migration try booting in safe mode or from an ISO and remove the drivers.
The reason I ask is we have a large VMware estate with over 2000 servers which we are looking at a POC to move to SCVMM due to VMware license cost increase.
Ideally we want the most efficient way to migrate VM's across with minimal downtime but having to either remove the vmware tools pre mirgation or spend time after migration by fixing boot up issues would be too much downtime per server if that makes sense.
I'll try testing booting into safe mode and or attaching the iso to see if it repairs.
Thankyou
