Hello @ all
i've a lot of troubles installing / migration an Novell Netware 4.11 Server to VMware ESX 3.5.
Current Situation:
The old System is currently running with Novell Netware 4.11 SP6 and i can not upgrade to SP9 because of to less disk space on drive c:
What i would like to do:
-> Do a fresh Netware 4.11 installation on the ESX (didn't work because of the mssing scsi driver)
or
-> Make a Acronis Image and restore it in the VM (also didn't work because of the missing scsi driver)
I wrote lholling an email because he answerd another novell netware post and he told me i should upgrade to SP9 - but how can i fresh install with SP9? Can i integrate SP9 in the normal installation prozess? Is there anybody out there who get this scenario up an running, if yes please give me some infos about your configuration?!
Another curious thing what happend to me was that when i tried to format drive c: of my dos installation the VM rebootet without any errors or warnings... what i did in the end was: i created an running dos vm in vmware server and imported that into esx...
Thanks for any help
Hi There
Its been a while since I did this so I will find some old 4.11 CDs and take another look at it on ESX v3.5.
Do you have a license for Portlock Storage Manager or Server Magic at all?
Leonard...
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Hi !
I confirmed with you Leonard. We did a lot of "homemade P2V" with Netware 4.11, 5.x, 6,x with Portlock Storage Manager.
The only you need to need after Portlock did the transfert is you need to change the driver for SCSI controller for LSIMPTNW.HAM and than the network adapter for CNEAMD driver + VMware Tools.
Follow the step Leonard posted : Virtualizing Novell Netware 4.11
Well describe step by step.
Good post Leonard.
Hi Leonard,
Hi CyberV,
i've no license for Portlock Storage Manager and Server Magic, but it's not a requirement for me to migrate the Novell Server. To reinstall the System successfully would be good enough for me. But as i wrote in my first post - i can't load the drivers you posted...
If it is a Servicepack 9 issue - would it be possible to make a new install directly with SP9? The normal setup fails when the installer tries to create the sys volume. When i reboot at this point, i have a dos partition with nwserver folder. I was able to start server.exe but only without sys vol and i also was not able to load your scsi driver.
Thanks for your help!
I have found my 4.11 CDs and I will do the install tomorrow at work and hopefully be able to give you a solution.
Leonard...
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Lenoard-
any news for me?
Thanks for your help!
Not yet I am afraid. I could not get it to work from the original boot CDs either after a couiple of hours of trying some things. I will try and be more creative over the weekend and let you know ASAP.
Leonard...
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Got a question for you. How do you feel about creating the VM under Workstation / Server and then importing into ESX. I have almost finished a way of doing it but wondered if you wanted to do it that way...
This would require setting up a server under VMware Server/Workstation with an IDE drive and then converting it to SCSI and then importing into ESX.
The other way of course is to purchase Portlock Storage Manager and then image it across. As part of the imaging process you can make the C: drive and NetWare volumes larger.
Thoughts?
Leonard...
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Leonard
many thanks for your help - but i'm thinking about using windows server 2003 with IPX instead of Novell 4.11 - the main reason is that it is not supported by vmware esx. I've to replace my novell dos clients with ms dos clients what is not very nice for me but i think in the end it would be a more stable solution...
Florian Seefried
