couldn't power on the vm machine after the conversion

[vmtekken]

I've converted a vmware machine from the vmware server to the esxi.

I've copied the vmdk from the vmware server to the esxi then ran the command:

vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/VMServer.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/VMESXi.vmdk

Upon powering on, it said:

"one or more of the disks used by this virtual machine was created by an unsupported version of vmware esx server. "

So I've made the following change and it booted up.

In VMESXi.vmdk file:

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "7" to "4"

Was this the correct thing to do? Are there any additional changes I need to make?

[jcck20007]

why not try VMware convertor here

[vmtekken]

I've tried to use the converter but it errored out with I/O error and some general system error messages so I've just uploaded the vmdk and did the conversion.

It's running fine now after the change I made but just wondering it I need to make any other changes.

[jcck20007]

see if this helps

http://www.thincomputing.net/blog/exporting-vmware-server-beta-virtual-machines-to-esx-serve.html

[vmtekken]

Thanks for the link.

I checked my other existing ESXi VMs (which were ESXI VMs to begin with and not converted) and in the vmx file, they're as follows:

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

And the vmdk file, it says:

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4"

So maybe that link is for the ESX and not the ESXi?