hi, did you check with /etc/fstab on the converted Vm server Prerequisites Only LVM2 is supported Ensure that the source is a Linux machine is support LVM procedure: 1. fro...
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hi, did you check with /etc/fstab on the converted Vm server Prerequisites Only LVM2 is supported Ensure that the source is a Linux machine is support LVM procedure: 1. from the data copy type drop-down menu, select volumes to copy 2. click Advance and select the destination layout lab 3. select a disk and click to LVG refer doc.. VMware KB: vCenter Converter converting a Linux operating system does not maintain LVMs on the resulting virtual mac… Alternative method: You can also achieve this with this procedure: 1) Create your target virtual machine 2) Install a minimum version of the same operating system that your source has (network, ssh server and tar must be available) 3) Create a list of directorys we don't want to include (boot, proc, dev, sys, etc/fstab, etc/lvm, etc/blkid, mnt/yourexternalhdd) and save it under /tmp/nocopy 4) Take a snapshot of your target in case something goes wrong 5) SSH to your source and as root: cd /; tar -zcvpf - -X /tmp/nocopy * |ssh target "cd /; tar -zxvpf - --numeric-owner" 6) Reset target. Pros: No need to reboot source, can be done over Internet