{"id":2204,"date":"2014-04-01T10:15:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T02:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.se.cuhk.edu.hk\/~hmleung\/wordpress\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2014-04-01T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T02:15:51","slug":"p2v-by-vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www1.se.cuhk.edu.hk\/~hmleung\/wordpress\/?p=2204","title":{"rendered":"P2V by VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is my record of my test on conversion of an old physical Dell GX280 machine running Fedora 11 into an ESXI 5.1 guest VM. I will need VMWare vCenter Convertor Standalone and also the Fedora 11 DVD iso for it. <\/p>\n

Since FC11 is running kernel version 2.6.* , and this is not supported in current version of VMware vCenter Standalone version 5.5. I need to install an older version 5.0.1 in order to make P2V for FC11 physical machine. <\/p>\n

\"p2v00\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I change the original layout of all disks from LVG to basic during conversion. Some discussions says it not necessary, but I don’t want to waste my time as each conversion takes several hours.<\/p>\n

Start the conversion by choosing Powered-on machine as source type :
\n\"p2v01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Select the VMWare ESXi Server as the destination:
\n\"p2v03\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As for the destination Virtual Machine, a new VM guest with the name as the hostname of the original physical machine will be created .<\/p>\n

For the Options tab, Under “Data to copy” , go to “Advanced Tab” and edit the layout of disk volumes to change the destination layout from LVG to basic for all Virtual disks. I also change the provision type from Thick to Thin to save space in the storage ESXi server as I will rarely have any disk IO for old VM. <\/p>\n

\"p2v04\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Under the Helper VM network, type in a temporary IP which will be used for the transfer of data from physical machine to the guest. In my case, I use a temporary static IP for the transfer.<\/p>\n

In case your VMWare ESXi Server has firewall setup , ensure you have update it to allow files transfer between the machine and guests. Update the firewall from Configuration -> Software -> Security Configuration -> Firewall<\/p>\n

After things done, click finish , and wait for the conversion to finish. <\/p>\n

\"p2v05\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For the first Time boot up , it will fail to recognize LV disk labels. This is normal as the LVG layout is removed:<\/p>\n

\"p2v06\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, boot the VM with FC11 DVD iso and select “Rescue installed system”
\n\"p2v07\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Proceed to mount the system disk with “chroot \/mnt\/sysimage” . Run “fdisk -l” to locate the correct the correct disk devices. Edit the \/etc\/fstab with correct disk devices and reboot. In case the network is not working, probably the network interface name is changed. Verify by “ifconfig -a” . Edit all files with correct network interface under \/etc\/sysconfig\/networking and \/etc\/sysconfig\/network-scripts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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