Another Hyper-V to VMWare question

[eopia]

I got 12 hyper-v VM's on a physical host that I need to convert to VMWare. I was looking at using VMWare converter, but the VM's need to be powered off and there's no ETA given unless the job is ran. How does Starwind V2V compare. Will it convert while the VM's are online and do a delta when we are ready to cutover, or does it require them to be offline as well?

[yaroslav (staff)]

Welcome to StarWind Forum.
You can try converting a working VM.

[dogwatchscornful]

A functional virtual machine can be converted.

[tsaso90]

I think that's not easy to do.

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hi,

No, it's a pretty much straightforward and documented process.

[ryeconclude]

Is converting a working VM complicated? I am a new user.

[yaroslav (staff)]

Welcome to StarWind Forum. Just follow the guides from here https://www.starwindsoftware.com/v2v-help/Concept.html

[Thely1946]

I got 12 hyper-v VM's on a physical host that I need to convert to VMWare. I was looking at using VMWare converter, but the VM's need to be powered off and there's no ETA given unless the job is ran. How does Starwind V2V compare. Will it convert while the VM's are online and do a delta when we are ready to cutover, or does it require them to be offline as well?

StarWind V2V does support live conversion, so you can keep the VMs running and then do a final delta sync before cutover. It's generally smoother for minimal downtime compared to VMware Converter.

[yaroslav (staff)]

You are right: Shutting down the VM is needed only if V2V cannot merge the snapshots.

[Thely1946]

Got it, thanks for the clarification! I’ll make sure to try without shutting down first, and only power off if the snapshot merge fails.

[yaroslav (staff)]

You are always welcome.

[Thely1946]

You are always welcome.

Thank you