[New post] HyperV to VMware conversion

Post : HyperV to VMware conversion
URL : http://aacable.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/hyperv-to-vmware-conversion/
Posted : December 7, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Author : Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:)
Tags : hyperv to vmware, hyperv to vmware conversion, vmware vcenter converter
Categories : VMware ESXi Related
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Howto convert Hyper-V hosts to Vmware ESXi
First Download Vmware Vcenter convertetr 5.x from following location.
You must have vmware account to download the utlity, you can rgister it free.
> http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/converter5/dHclYnRqZEBiZEAldw== (http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/converter5/dHclYnRqZEBiZEAldw==)
After installation Done. Execute it. You may see following screen.
As showed in the image below . . .
http://aacable.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/1-vmconverter.png&h=174
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Now click on CONVERT MACHINE
In Source Type , Select HYPER-V
In Server, type your Hyper-V IP
In User Name/Password , type your Administrator ID and password
and click NEXT to continue . . .
As showed in the image below . . .
http://aacable.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/2-convert-hyperv-machione.png&h=226
If you receive the following error
Unable to contact the specified host 'x.x.x.x' . The host might not be available on the network, there might be a network configuration problem, or the management services on this host are not responding
then disable the firewall on HYPERV Windows 2008 by using following command (at hyper v server command prompt)
> netsh firewall set opmode disable
Now it will ask you for the agent deployment,
click YES to continue.
As showed in the image below . . .
http://aacable.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/3-agent.png&h=232
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In next screen of  SOURCE SERVER , It will give you the list of machines hosted on source Hyper-V server.
Select your desired machine ,
and click NEXT to continue
As showed in the image below . . .
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In Next Screen of  DESTINATION SYSTEM , select the destination VMWARE ESXi Server
As showed in the image below . . .
http://aacable.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/5-select-destination-server.png&h=233 .
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In the next screen of  DESTINATION VIRTUAL MACHINE , Click NEXT to continue (Or you can change the machine name label here)
As showed in the image below . . .
http://aacable.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/6-select-name1.png&h=232 .
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In the next screen of  DESTINATION LOCATION , Select the datastore location (the drive where you want upload the vm)
As showed in the image below . . .
http://aacable.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/7-select-datastore1.png&h=232 .
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In the next screen , it will show you all the options before finally start converting, review all the options and modify if any required. then Click NEXT , and then FINISH to start converting the machine
As showed in the image below . . .
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Finally it will start conversion of the hyper v machine into Vmware Esxi.
As showed in the image below . . .
http://aacable.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/9-status.png&h=65 .
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