Hi guys!
I have a question regarding Citrix to Vmware migration.
I have seen that if you wasn to migrate a Citrix VM to Vsphere then you need a converter ( Vmware Converter)
I want to ask if its possible to do this with another way?!?
I talked already with Support team but they are break / fix center and not deployments / migrations.
Have a nice day
Regards
Andronikos
Hi AndronikosP and welcome to the community!
I'm going to assume that you are wanting to convert a XenServer VM to VMware? In this case then VMware Converter is your best option depending on the workload running in the XenServer guest, i.e. if its a domain controller then deploy another domain controller as a VM on VMware then decommission the other.
There are other V2V options (PlateSpin was a popular one in the day) however VMware Converter has always worked for me.
Kind regards.
Hello,
Look at the below helpful URLs:
How to migrate from Citrix XEN Server to vMWare Vsphere ESXi - YouTube
Migrating a Citrix XenServer VM to VMware - Spiceworks
sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but the VM format between Xenserver and VMware is completely different, the only realistic method of "Migrating" the XenServer VM's into a vSphere environment is via VMware Converter.
you will also depending on what Operating systems are in use on the Xenserver require multiple versions of VMware Converter from version 4 forwards.
Yes we want to migrate DC / Fileserver / Sql Servers form Citrix XenServer to Vmware.
Thanks for your answer.
Hi AndronikosP,
File and SQL servers are no problems and V2V is an option. DC’s however I would be cautious on as mentioned. Way better to promote a new DC then demote the other once everything is working.
With the file servers you could also use something like RoboCopy to move the data to a new server.
If your current VMs are healthy then V2V is a good way to go and gives you a rollback. Just make sure that no data flows into the SQL server until you have confirmed a successful migration.
Kind regards,
Glen