Migrate VMs from EsX 2.5 to Cluster EsX 3.0.2

[Nho]

Hello,

I have recently bought a new VmWare infrastructure based on EsX 3.0.2 and VC 2.0.1 and I would like to migrate my old VMs running on my old EsX 2.5 server to the new infrastructure.

I have tried to use Converter but it returns me it is not possible to use it for EsX 2.5 version 😕

I have also tried to connect my old EsX server to the new Virtual Center in order to progress with a cold migration but it seems to stop at 100% (do not continue to the complete status)

My new infra is fully registered and functionnal for vmotion, with a san attachment.

Can someone help me plz ?

Thx for reply,

[EGRAdmin]

I believe if you add your old ESX 2.5 servers to your new VC 2.0.1 you can use another process called "DMotion" to migrate those systems.

This is a hot running process so you can move them while the Hosts are online.

I'll dig up some documentation for you.

[dfgl · Accepted solution]

We use esxMigrator by Vizioncore - have migrated 100 guests so far without a hitch - If I remember correctly you can get an eval version for a few test migrations.

[Nho]

wellwellwell...

It seems I made some mistakes with my Converter :-x

Now it is working properly from 2.5 to 3.0 with Converter... Great ^^ !!

Anyway thx for all your advices it is very interisting to know several ways