Hello all.
I am having problems moving a VM from Workstation v9.x to ESXi v5.1.
I have tried numerous ways to accomplish this and run into the same apparent issue every way I go.
If I 'move' the VM from within Workstation (either by Manage>Move or by drag and drop), I get an error that says, "Upload failed: The operation is not supported on the object."
I have tried to export the VM to an OVF template and deploy that into ESXi. This fails with the message, "Failed to deploy OVF package: The operation is not supported on the object."
Basically, this is the same message.
Could this be an issue with the virtual hardware version of the VM? I have tried it with a VM with v6.5 - v7 hardware as well as one with v8.
Are there Virtual Hardware devices that Workstation allows but ESXi does not? Where can I find a list of the supported / unsupported virtual hardware?
Is there any chance that something didn't upgade correctly when I updated from ESXi v4.x to v5.0 and / or from v5.0 to v5.1?
Is it possible that the datastore format is the wrong format? The datastores are currently have a primary VMFS partition. The file system is listed as VMFS 5.54. could that be a problem?
I would appreciate any and all assistance in getting me past this stumbling block.
If you need any more details, I'll be happy to provide them. I just don't konw what I don't know.
Regards,
Bob Ulmer
Hi,
Use VMwar Standalone convertor for converting virtual machine from Workstation to ESXI host 5.1
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/converter_pubs.html
Regards
Mohammed
Hi,
Use VMwar Standalone convertor for converting virtual machine from Workstation to ESXI host 5.1
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/converter_pubs.html
Regards
Mohammed
Hi,
Here is link with screen shot
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/vmware-converter.html
Regards
Mohammed
Thank you for your prompt reply.
Is VMWare Converter the ONLY option?
What about OVF export? Shouldn't I be able to export the Workstation file to an OVF format then import or deploy that OVF file in ESXi?
Every time I have tried that, it fails as well.
Are there any references for the OVF format?
Thank you again.
Regards,
Bob Ulmer
Did you tried the upload option form workstation VM-> Mange -> Upload
OVF option also work fine
Thank you for the fast reply!
Yes, I tried the Manage > Upload path and it always fails with a non-descript error that says, "Upload failed: The operation is not supported on the object." I have no idea what that means and there is no error code to search for.
I have tried to export to an OVF format, but again, the deploy fails with a similar message, "Failed to deploy OVF package: The operation is not supported on the object."
Where can I get more information on the OFV export and deployment?
I will be receiving some VMs in an OVF format in the near future and I want to be prepared to use them.
Thanks again.
Take a look here for some OVF documents
http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf/
the most reliable way is to convert the vmdk to ESXi-compatible type with vmware-vdiskmanager.
Then upload the vmx and the vmdk via Winscp.
Converter and OVF are unreliable in my experience
Should go to Edit virtual machine settings
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