Hi,
I have a lot of VM on VMware server 1.0.5 and 1.0.6 l whant move the VM on ESX 3.5?
How can I convert my VMDK from VMWare Server to ESX?
Thanks
Thanks I will try
you're welcome.
Please consider awarding points by marking the answers as "correct" or "helpful"
VMware vCenter Converter 4.0 is the newly release and it should do the trick. If you want other options how to migrate this look at Eric website vmware-land.com for details. Here's the steps:
How can I migrate my Vmware Server VMs to ESX?
There are several methods for doing this that are listed below:
Method 1 Vmware Converter running directly on Vmware Server (Cold clone)
Install Vmware Converter on to the Vmware Server and reboot if prompted
Shutdown the VM to be converted
Run Converter and select Import Machine
Click Next at the Welcome screen and Next again at the Source screen
Select Standalone virtual machine, backup or disk image as your source and click Next
Browse to your VMs vmx file and click Next
Select either Import all disks and maintain size or Select volumes and resize to save or add space, select your volumes and enter a new disk size if necessary and click Next
Click Next at the Destination screen
Select VMware ESX Server or VirtualCenter virtual machine as your destination and click Next
At the destination login screen enter your VC/ESX server name and login credentials and click Next
Enter a Virtual Machine name and folder and click Next
Select a Host/Cluster and click Next then select a Datastore and click Next
Enter your NIC information and click Next then click Next again at the customization screen
Click Finish when it completes
Edit your new VMs settings and remove any extra hardware if not needed, ie. USB devices, serial and parallel devices, Floppy drive and change the SCSI adapter to LSI Logic if needed
Power on your new VM and uninstall VMware tools (VMware server version)
Restart server
Remove old virtual machine hardware
o Open CMD prompt and type SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1 and then DEVMGMT.MSC
o Select Show Hidden Devices from top menu
o Remove old greyed-out non-present hardware, ie. old processor, disk drives, IDE/SCSI controllers, storage volumes, etc.
Reboot and install VMware tools (ESX version) and you are finished
Method 2- Vmware Converter running directly on Virtual Machine (Hot clone)
Install Vmware Converter on to the Virtual Machine and reboot if prompted
Run Converter and select Import Machine
Click Next at the Welcome screen and Next again at the Source screen
Select Physical Computer as your source and click Next
Select This local machine and click Next
Select either Import all disks and maintain size or Select volumes and resize to save or add space, select your volumes and enter a new disk size if necessary and click Next
Click Next at the Destination screen
Select VMware ESX Server or VirtualCenter virtual machine as your destination and click Next
At the destination login screen enter your VC/ESX server name and login credentials and click Next
Enter a Virtual Machine name and folder and click Next
Select a Host/Cluster and click Next then select a Datastore and click Next
Enter your NIC information and click Next then click Next again at the customization screen
Click Finish when it completes
Edit your new VMs settings and remove any extra hardware if not needed, ie. USB devices, serial and parallel devices, Floppy drive and change the SCSI adapter to LSI Logic if needed
Power on your new VM and uninstall VMware tools (VMware server version)
Restart server
Remove old virtual machine hardware
o Open CMD prompt and type SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1 and then DEVMGMT.MSC
o Select Show Hidden Devices from top menu
o Remove old greyed-out non-present hardware, ie. old processor, disk drives, IDE/SCSI controllers, storage volumes, etc.
Reboot and install VMware tools (ESX version) and you are finished
If you found this information useful, please consider awarding points for "Correct" or "Helpful". Thanks!!!
Regards,
Stefan Nguyen
iGeek Systems Inc.
VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant