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jakilolo1
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unable to migrate ORL8.3 vm from hyper v to vmware using the standalone converter

Hi all, I am trying to migrate ORL8.3 vm hosted on hyper v to vmware . Powered on methid

while trying to access the vm from the converter the error "unable to query linux source machine.make sure that you run can run sudo without entering a password when logged into the source machine over SSH . below screenshot 

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But i have configured the below lines in the sudoers file and confirmed that sudo su do not need credential for all users . screenshot below

 

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Thanks

 

 

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maksym007
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At this moment hard to say where is the problem and what you are missing. 

What Converter version is in use?

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plamen_d
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Hello,

 

If ORL stands for Oracle Linux, then the issue is the version. Converter currently does not convert RHEL 8 (and Oracle Linux is a clone of RHEL, right?).

However, since this is a Hyper-V VM, you may try V2V, i.e. converting it as a powered off VM.

 

HTH,

Plamen

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jakilolo1
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I am currently using the 6.2.

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jakilolo1
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i tried converting as a powered-off VM whihc completed successfuly. but when i started the VM it was not able to find its boot file (Grub issue). below screenshot

 

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jakilolo1
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currently, i am using version 6.2

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plamen_d
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The issue is the source machine OS version, not Converter's. Converter doesn't work (yet) with RHEL 8.* (or CentOS 8.*, or ORL 8.*, or any other derivative).

That is, if I am not mistaken that ORL stands for Oracle Linux? (it is kind of ungoogleable)

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