Migration from VMware to Hyper V

We are planning to migrate our virtual machines from ESX 3.5 and Virtual Centre 2.5 to Hyper v V3 on Hyper 2012 r2. The team brought in to complete this task was planning to use VMM 2012 SP1 and VMM 2012. VMM 2012 was to be the staging area to
bring the VMDKs to VHD and then import again into VMM 2012 SP1 as VHDx. I have been advised that neither support Virtual Centre 2.5 and need a solution. I have looked into it and have identified that the VMM 2008 SP1 supports Virtual Centre 2.5.
Can I replace the 2012 VMM machine with a VMM 2008 SP1 machine and continue as planned?
Please advise

You could use VMM 2008 SP1, but that would also require a Hyper-V host (2008/2008 R2) that can be managed by that VMM version.
-kn
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Warrning about disk location when migrating from VMware to Hyper-V using SCVMM 2012 R2

Hi
I have started migrating my servers from a VMware ESXi host 5.1 to a brand new Hyper-V 2012 R2 server using SCVMM wizard. I have completed a couple of migration, but my disks gets converted from SCSI to IDE. I get the warning below. The conversion works
and there should not be any performance issue because it is all virtual controllers. The thing is that I cannot expand my drives located on an IDE bus, but only on the servers where my drives is located on SCSI bus.
Is there a way to convert to SCSI controller directly from VMware?
Thomas | MCP | http://www.techwork.dk

With Hyper-V, there is two types of Virtual Machines:
Genration1 VM : This type of VM can work with all Hyper-V versions. It uses legacy hardware, and the BOOT VHD must be connected to an IDE controller
Genration2 VM: Introduced with Windows Server 2012 R2. It uses only synthetic hardware, and the BOOT VHD is connected to a SCSI controller.
If you want your VM boot disk to be on an SCSI controller, you can convert your VM from GEN1 to GEN2
Look Here for more information about VM generations and how to convert them
http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2014/03/05/details-on-generation-2-virtual-machines-and-using-them-in-vmm-2012-r2.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/jhoward/archive/2013/10/24/hyper-v-generation-2-virtual-machines-part-1.aspx
NB Once converted to GEN2, you will not able to go back to GEN1 (There are ways but they still complicated), so read carefully the PRO and CONS of each type
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Physica to virtual migration of 4 TB disk Machine from VMware to hyper-v

Hi Team ,
I have virtual machine running on VMware with disk size of 4 TB.. 2/2 TB VMdk combined into 4 TB. since earlier VMware has 2 TB vmdk limitation. i am moving my environment from VMware 4.x to windows 2012.
i have done few p2V successfully but in this case disk are not visible on SCVMM console. Please let me know if i have any other option to migrate 4 TB machine.
Thanks in advance.
Ravi
Ravi

Hi Ravi,
"then both 2 TB disk merged and presented as 4 TB partition to windows OS."
I assume that it is spanned volume .
After "merge" , the 4TB disk become a data disk to provide file share in the windows OS .
At this situation , my suggestion is Migrating your file server to a new VM.
As for file server migration , please refer to following link:
https://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2009/06/30/microsoft-file-server-migration-toolkit-1-2-available-as-a-free-download.aspx
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Migrate from vmware to oracle virtual machine having some error

Hi
I am migrating the vmware with oracle virtula machine for that I have downloaded the OVFTool and run the following command
ovftool.exe c:/../vmware.vmx d:/../vmware.ovf
successfully I am able to migrate .vmx to .ovf file.
then when I opened the same .ovf file with OVM and its creates the anithere .vmdk files.
but then after when I try to reboot the same its gives the following error
Error Loading operationg system
Please guide am I missing anything in migration ????

user13405005 wrote:
Thank you for the information. The link you have mentioned is about migration the environment of a machine to a VM. But i'm looking for migrating an Oracle Database 11g from a Physical Machine (Linux x86) to a Virtual Machine( Linux x86) created using Oracle VM. Can you help me out in this.
Thanks :)As far as I understand it this is not really VM related.
You have an existing linux machine .... uname -a ... with a partiocular OS and kernel and set of packages installed ....
And a guest VM running linux ... uname -a .... with hopefully the same/similar OS and set of packages installed, similar users, directory layout etc.
And you wish to get the Oracle (Classic RDBMS) home software cloned/migrated and an oracle database cloned/migrated.
There's a number of different senarios here ... can i help you out .... (the answer is I could but i dont have time).
The start point is good planning and careful notes if you are attempting to change any versions / layours etc.
You might have stages like (this is a top of head fagpacket and perhaps not best terminology):
- Install basic Linux software on VM guest.
- Install additional linux packages
- create groups, users, directories, system parameters etc.
- Create or clone oracle home.
- clone oracle database by eg RMAN or otherwise.
Different forums may help different stages if necessary.

Nexus1000v Configuration and Migration from vmware vDS

really need some guidance here....I am trying to deploy the 1000v in l3 mode, which to my understanding using mgmt0 and control0 only. Packet and control traffic are carried on the same interface. So here are my questions:
Do I still need 3 port-groups for mgmt., packet, and control or can I do control and mgmt only?
Do my VSMs still need 3 nic's? If 3 port-groups are not configured but I need 3 nics, do you map two nics to control vlan?
I am not using vlan 1 at all, my native vlan is set to 202 in USCM which is the same vlan my ESXi hosts reside in, so therefore the Esxi management port group on my current vDS does not use a vlan ID. Does the vlan 1 in 1000v map to my native vlan of 202 or do I need to configure the 1000v specifically for vlan 202? Examples I am looking at are using vlan 1 everyone and it confuses me.
The vlan that is created for Control0 has to be different than my mgmt0 vlan, but does this vlan need to exist on the links from the FI to 5108 Chassis?
I am getting really lost on the whole native vlan and vlan 1 thing...I have literally been at this for months with many "hand up, give up" moments.
show run
!Command: show running-config
!Time: Sat Apr 19 01:01:37 2014
version 4.2(1)SV2(2.2)
svs switch edition essential
no feature telnet
username admin password 5 $1$pIdF9m7q$PIhIpsr//2BIkySzd5y9r. role network-admin
banner motd #Nexus 1000v Switch#
ip domain-lookup
ip host N1KV-01 10.170.202.5
switchname N1KV-01
errdisable recovery cause failed-port-state
vem 3
host id c4b52629-fbe7-e211-0000-000000000005
snmp-server user admin network-admin auth md5 0x7bfb0100d1a2c5faf79c77aad3c8ecec p
riv 0x7bfb0100d1a2c5faf79c77aad3c8ecec localizedkey
snmp-server community atieppublic group network-operator
ntp server 10.170.5.10
vrf context management
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.170.202.1
vlan 1,5,201-205,900
port-channel load-balance ethernet source-mac
port-profile default max-ports 32
port-profile type ethernet Unused_Or_Quarantine_Uplink
vmware port-group
shutdown
description Port-group created for Nexus1000V internal usage. Do not use.
state enabled
port-profile type vethernet Unused_Or_Quarantine_Veth
vmware port-group
shutdown
description Port-group created for Nexus1000V internal usage. Do not use.
state enabled
port-profile type ethernet VM-Sys-Uplink
vmware port-group
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,5,201-205,900
switchport trunk native vlan 202
channel-group auto mode on mac-pinning
no shutdown
system vlan 1,5,201-205,900
state enabled
port-profile type vethernet Mgmt1
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 1
no shutdown
state enabled
port-profile type vethernet N1KV-Control
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 201
no shutdown
system vlan 201
state enabled
port-profile type vethernet vMotion
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 203
no shutdown
state enabled
port-profile type vethernet Servers-Prod
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 5
no shutdown
state enabled
port-profile type vethernet N1kV-Mgmt
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 202
no shutdown
system vlan 202
state enabled
port-profile type vethernet NS_NI_1_1
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 5
no shutdown
state enabled
port-profile type vethernet NFS
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
no shutdown
state enabled
port-profile type vethernet DMZ
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
system storage-loss log time 30
vdc N1KV-01 id 1
limit-resource vlan minimum 16 maximum 2049
limit-resource monitor-session minimum 0 maximum 2
limit-resource vrf minimum 16 maximum 8192
limit-resource port-channel minimum 0 maximum 768
limit-resource u4route-mem minimum 1 maximum 1
limit-resource u6route-mem minimum 1 maximum 1
interface mgmt0
ip address 10.170.202.5/24
interface control0
line console
boot kickstart bootflash:/nexus-1000v-kickstart.4.2.1.SV2.2.2.bin sup-1
boot system bootflash:/nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV2.2.2.bin sup-1
boot kickstart bootflash:/nexus-1000v-kickstart.4.2.1.SV2.2.2.bin sup-2
boot system bootflash:/nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV2.2.2.bin sup-2
svs-domain
domain id 202
control vlan 201
packet vlan 201
svs mode L3 interface mgmt0
svs connection vcenter
protocol vmware-vim
remote ip address 10.170.5.35 port 80
vmware dvs uuid "7a 82 10 50 a3 3c 4c fe-df 91 60 28 66 1d 6f 59" datacenter-nam
e Nashville HQ
admin user n1kUser
max-ports 8192
connect
vservice global type vsg
tcp state-checks invalid-ack
tcp state-checks seq-past-window
no tcp state-checks window-variation
no bypass asa-traffic
vnm-policy-agent
registration-ip 0.0.0.0
shared-secret **********
log-level
N1KV-01# show vlan br
VLAN Name                             Status    Ports
1    default                          active
5    VLAN0005                         active
201 VLAN0201                         active
202 VLAN0202                         active
203 VLAN0203                         active
204 VLAN0204                         active
205 VLAN0205                         active
900 VLAN0900                         active
N1KV-01# show mod
Mod Ports Module-Type                       Model               Status
1    0      Virtual Supervisor Module         Nexus1000V          ha-standby
2    0      Virtual Supervisor Module         Nexus1000V          active *
Mod Sw                  Hw
1    4.2(1)SV2(2.2)      0.0
2    4.2(1)SV2(2.2)      0.0
Mod Server-IP        Server-UUID                           Server-Name
1    10.170.202.5     NA                                    NA
2    10.170.202.5     NA                                    NA
* this terminal session

Hi Steven,
Q: "Do I still need 3 port-groups for mgmt., packet, and control or can I do control and mgmt only?"
A: In reality, everything could be on the same VLAN. But that would be poor practice... So the answer is, control and management should be on two different L2 networks. This means two different port-profiles are needed. For the packet adapter (third adapter), I would assign a dummy port-profile.
Q: "I am not using vlan 1 at all, my native vlan is set to 202 in USCM which is the same vlan my ESXi hosts reside in, so therefore the Esxi management port group on my current vDS does not use a vlan ID. Does the vlan 1 in 1000v map to my native vlan of 202 or do I need to configure the 1000v specifically for vlan 202? Examples I am looking at are using vlan 1 everyone and it confuses me."
A: VLAN 1 on N1k does not map to Native VLAN 202 on the UCS. You would need to configure N1k specifically. If your vethernet port-profile is config'd for 'sw acc vlan 202' and your uplink port-profile is 'sw tr native vlan 202', the frames will be sent out of n1k untagged. Which is, i think, what you're going for...
Q: The vlan that is created for Control0 has to be different than my mgmt0 vlan, but does this vlan need to exist on the links from the FI to 5108 Chassis?
A: Yes. The Control0 interface on VSMs are used for HA heartbeats between the two VSMs. The traffic between VSMs is L2. So if the VSMs live on different hosts, that control VLAN needs to be end to end between the hosts.
Feel free to get back with questions and we can try to work through your scenario.
Thanks,
Joe

How to move from vmware ESXi 5.5 to Hyper-V 2012 R2 on same hardware?

I have Vmware ESXi 5.5 Update 1 with two disks, called RAID0 (3.6 TB) and RAID5 (10.9 TB).
I am tired of having to rebuild ESXi every sixty days for home use so I am planning on moving to Hyper-V, but I'm a little nervous. I don't have swing kit, so will have to repurpose my existing 1 year old quite powerful machine (Intel i7 32 Gb RAM two sets
of RAID storage internal), 3 NICs. Features I need from VMware are:
Ability to snapshot and revert to snapshot (running and stopped VM)
Ability to move VMs between my different storage areas (RAID0 and RAID5)
Ability to set up internal networks to the Hyper-V host so I can set up virtual labs on their own virtual networks
USB pass through to the VM
Auto start VMs with the host.
Auto shut down VMs with the host.
Templating of OSs - mainly Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2, but also Centos 7. Can I convert my ESXi templates to Hyper-V?
Good performance from both Windows and Linux machines
Easy management from a workstation on the network.
Install Hyper-V to USB flash drive plugged in to the server.
Can Hyper-V do all that?
Also, I have a migration plan. Will this work?
In ESXi move all machines for migration from RAID5 to RAID0 storage.
Install Hyper-V on the host to USB flash drive (16 GB)
Format RAID5 storage so it can take vhds. (NTFS?)
Set up networks - have three NICs on the host.
Install management software on my workstation
Convert VMware vmx machines on RAID0 storage to vhd based machines on RAID5 storage. How to do this? My machines vary from v8,9 to vmx10.
Power on VMs and perform checks.
Any comments? I'm particularly concerned about the conversion process from VMware to Hyper-V and the reliability of it. Total size of VMs to convert is just under 3 TB.

Hi Mark. The short answer is yes to all. The more detailed answer is:
Make sure you're installing Windows 2012 R2 on the bare metal. All the following refers to 2012 R2.
I recommend you take some time and go through the
Hyper-V Best Practices Guide
Ability to snapshot and revert to snapshot (running and stopped VM) => yes, standard feature. Keep in mind this is meant to be a short term measure, not something you keep around for long time.
Ability to move VMs between my different storage areas (RAID0 and RAID5) => yes, storage migration is a standard feature that allows you to migrate a VM storage while the VM is running.
Ability to set up internal networks to the Hyper-V host so I can set up virtual labs on their own virtual networks => yes. An external vSwitch is one that's attached to a physical NIC. I recommend you review Hyper-V networking. It's a bit different than
VMWare.
USB pass through to the VM => not exactly. Some work around options exist, including sharing the USB drive on the host.
Auto start VMs with the host => yes, standard VM setting. You get to choose per VM whether to always start, start if it was already running, never start, or start with a given delay.
Auto shut down VMs with the host => yes (like save state) - defined in each VM setting
Templating of OSs - mainly Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2, but also Centos 7. Can I convert my ESXi templates to Hyper-V => yes, native in VMM, plenty of Powershell examples available online. Manual steps in Hyper-V Manager to re-use a
sys-prepped OS image is also available.
Good performance from both Windows and Linux machines => yes, depends mostly on hardware
Easy management from a workstation on the network => yes, from a Win 8.1 workstation, install RSAT
Install Hyper-V to USB flash drive plugged in to the server => yes. 16 GB is a bit small. I recommend a pair of mirrored 128GB SATA SSDs - should be inexpensive.
In ESXi move all machines for migration from RAID5 to RAID0 storage => All you need for migration is the VMDK files for each VM. VM should be offline.
Install Hyper-V on the host to USB flash drive (16 GB) => see recommendation about a pair of boot SSDs above.
Format RAID5 storage so it can take vhds. (NTFS?) => yes, NTFS, 64KB allocation unit
Set up networks - have three NICs on the host => in a single host environment / lab, you'll use 1 NIC on a single external vSwitch I guess. Or you can NIC team them then attach vSwitch to team.
Install management software on my workstation => RSAT on Win 8.1
Convert VMware vmx machines on RAID0 storage to vhd based machines on RAID5 storage. How to do this? My machines vary from v8,9 to vmx10. => try
MVMC 3
Power on VMs and perform checks. => no comment :)
Did I mention the
Hyper-V Best Practice Guide?
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VMware to Hyper-V template conversion issue for Windows Server 2008 template

Hello,
I am attempting to convert a Windows server 2k8 template from VMware to Hyper-V. The hosts are Cisco UCS B200 M3 blades running Win2k12 and ESX 5.5 respectively. The template boots successfully in VMware and runs through its post install process without
any issues. When I convert the template to Hyper-V the guest will display the windows splash screen and then I get the error "windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware”. I attempted to force the OOBE process
by running msoobe.exe from the CLI but got the same error on restart.
The particularly strange thing is that if I boot the syspreped guest in VMware, interrupt the post install process, shutdown the guest, then convert to Hyper-V the guest will boot successfully in Hyper-V. At this point I uninstall the VMware tools, install
the windows virtual guest services, and re-sysprep the guest. Sadly the result is the same, on boot I get "windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware”. I found http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753/en-us but
it references Win2k8R2 specifically. Does anyone have any ideas on how this issue could be manifesting itself
in Win2k8?
As an aside I was able to successfully convert a Win2k8R2 template successfully using the same process, any input on this issue would be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Toll_Hou5e

Hi Toll_Hou5e,
As far as I know there don’t have the KB or article mention we can convert the VMware template image to VHD, you can use the MVMC for the virtual machine convert.
I don’t familiar with VMware template but base on my experience, the VMware View Connection template can execute the Windows template image sysprep program, VMware may configured
some system option, you can ask your software vendor for the further help.
More information:
Migrate virtual machines from a VMware environment to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 using a free, simple, standalone tool.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/09/18/migrate-virtual-machines-from-a-vmware-environment-to-hyper-v-in-windows-server-2012-using-a-free-simple-standalone-tool.aspx
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34591
Step-By-Step: Migrating From VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012
http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2013/03/24/step-by-step-migrating-from-vmware-to-microsoft-hyper-v-server-2012.aspx
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VM migration (VMWare to Hyper-V) with the help of Orchestrator

Hello There,
I am planning to Automate the migration process with the help of scripts.
But not sure how to make a flow on Orchestrator for the same.
I have following things which can be used with Orchestartor:
1. Script to perform VMware to Hyper-V Migration.
2. Script to perform VM Status check post migration.
So how can i use these script with Orchstartor to automate migration?
Looking forward to hear from you.
Regards,
Prashant Sahane

if you have the scripts there is not necessarily any reason to involve Orchestrator.
If you want to ex. put a migration offering on the SM portal you could use Orchestrator. As Powershell and Orchestrator does not play well you may want to consider having Orchestrator write key data to a file, then have a scheduled script pick up these files
and start the migration using the scripts you have.
You could also have a script to monitor new requests and launch the script from there. This is one case where a customized service request class could come into play.
http://codebeaver.blogspot.dk/

Migrate from server core 2008 r2 hyper-v with failover cluster volumes to server core 2012 r2 hyper-v with failover cluster volumes on new san hardware

We are getting ready to migrate from server core 2008 r2 hyper-v with failover cluster volumes on an iscsi san to server core 2012 r2 hyper-v with failover cluster volumes on a new iscsi san.
I've been searching for a "best practices" article for this but have been coming up short. The information I have found either pertains to migrating from 2008 r2 to 2012 r2 with failover cluster volumes on the same hardware, or migrating
to different hardware without failover cluster volumes.
If there is anyone out there that has completed a similar migration, it would be great to hear any feedback you may have on your experiences.
Currently, my approach is as follows:
1. Configure new hyper-v with failover cluster volumes on new SAN with new 2012 r2 hostnodes and 2012 r2 management server
2. Turn off the virtual machines on old 2008 r2 hyper-v hostnodes
3. Stop the VMMS service on the 2008 r2 hostnodes
4. copy the virtual machine files and folders over to the new failover cluster volumes
5. Import vm's into server 2012 r2 hyper-v.
Any feedback on the opertain I have in mind would be helpful.
Thank you,
Rob

Hi Rob,
Yes , I agree with that "file copy " can achieve migration.
Also you can try "copy cluster wizard " :
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn530779.aspx
Best Regards,
Elton Ji
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Windows 2008 R2: SLES 11 Sp3 Guest converted from Vmware OVA to VHD, does not boot on Hyper-V: could not find /dev/sda4

Hi
I have a VMWare OVA file with Guest OS as SLES 11 Sp3. I have converted this file from OVA to VHD using Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution accelerator. On first boot of this VHD on Windows Server 2008 R2 - Microsoft Hyper-V I get an error that
"Waiting for device /dev/sda4 to appear..
Cannot find /dev/sda4"
I have not even booted this VM once on Hyper-V, and hence not installed any Linux integration Services yet.
What could be the possible reason for this failure? Any suggested solution?
Thanks
Ashwini

Easiest way (and also applies to Hyper-V 2012 R2):
Ok, following properly (originally missed the step to mount the root directory of the converted VM as "/mnt" )
http://nwrickert2.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/rescuing-susie/
Then once chrooted
mkinitrd -d /dev/sda2
generated initrd from kdump WITH Hyper-V drivers & VM is usable!
http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/476780-boot-failure-mkinitrd-does-not-understand-that-dev-sda-has-become-dev-sde
Can't believe that it was so painful to find the right info easily
Just to finish it off, after converted machine boots fine, there is a small
matter of removing tools & fixing networking as per links below:
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc%2FGUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
http://www.vcritical.com/2010/10/getting-eth0-back-in-a-sles-for-vmware-clone/
All done!!!
Also (unsupported), but works fine is SLES 11 SP1

Installing cisco prime on vmware & migrating from wcs

Hi,
We have been tasked to install prime on a vmware box then migrate from wcs, i have never done this before & was wondering if anyone has any experience in doing this way, how easy is it & if you have any docs etc?
Cheers
Sean
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Hi,
A direct upgrade from a WCS release to Prime Infrastructure 1.2 is not supported. You must first upgrade to an NCS 1.1 release, and then upgrade to Prime Infrastructure 1.2.
Please check the links below:
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Configuration Guide, Release 1.2
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/prime_infrastructure/1.2/configuration/guide/tasks.html#wp1215225
Release Notes for Cisco Prime Infrastructure, Release 1.2
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/1.2/release/notes/cpi_rn.html#wp73605
WCS to NCS or Prime Infrastructure?
https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2176121

Live migrate Vmware to Hyper-v

Hi,
Is anyone aware of an available option (or 3rd party tools) to V2V Vmware to hyper-v without (or very minimal) downtime? As far as i know, both the standalone MVMC and SCVMM require for the VM to be off while covering.
One option i could think of is to Disk2VHD from within the guest, and then manually uninstall the VMware tools/install hyper-v integration. Besides for it being very manual-labor intensive, im not sure how Disk2VHD snapshots. Like what happens to changes
while Disk2VHD is running?

We have been using Vision's Solutions - Double Take Move in such projects. It might remind you a bit of how Hyper-V Replica is working, where you will have downtime during the "cutover" process, where the VM is powered on on Hyper-V.
This can be handled manually through the console, or automated using powershell.
Please be aware that you need to uninstall the VMware tools and then install the IC components of Hyper-V.
Another solution could be the SHIFT approach using a NetApp appliance.
This moves the VMware storage to NFS, then it's converted to SMB and Hyper-V.
-kn
Kristian (Virtualization and some coffee: http://kristiannese.blogspot.com )

Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter VMware To Hyper-V Cluster

I'm not sure if this should technically be in the clustering section but I have just moved from SCVMM 2012 SP1 to 2012 R2 and I kinda miss the built-in converter tool. What I used to do when converting VMware to Hyper-V was uninstall VMware Tools and then
I would do a physical to virtual conversion on the VMware virtual machine and SCVMM would handle copying the virtual machine while it was online and register it in our Hyper-V cluster. Now, the only thing I could come up with is the Microsoft Virtual Machine
Converter but it seems rather limited and doesn't seem to have an option to import to a cluster. So is the only option to convert it over to Hyper-V as if it were a local machine and then run another export/import process to get it in the cluster? I tried
to point it to a CSV and while it copied the disk over, it registered the virtual machine in ProgramData (the default location). This obviously causes issues when trying to make the VM highly available. Any one have a suggested process of the best way to go
about this? Thank you in advance for your time!

So no matter what option I choose, V2V always shuts down the source VM during the conversion process. On the other hand, if I use the old method of uninstalling VMware tools manually and then doing a P2V instead, the source VM has to stay online for
that type of process. Then I just have to migrate it to become highly available and that seems to accomplish what I want. The only annoying part is that I couldn't run it on my Win 8.1 Pro workstation as it requires the BITS feature to be installed
and that only appears to be available on server editions (correct me if there is a way to get it on 8.1). I guess the documentation (I think) says that it should run on server editions only but V2V runs fine from 8.1 since it doesn't need BITS since it's
an offline process.

What components of VM are lost after its migration from one physical host to another?

Hi, I found this post very helpful for me, it is very easy to understand about the live VM migration. I have a confusion regarding VM migration that if any
VM is migrated from one physical host to another what components of VM (vCPU, vBIOS, vRAM, vHD, vNIC, OS, Apps) will be changed?
Kindly help me to understand that:
1.Will Operating System running on VM be changed? 2. Will BIOS and Boot Loader information be changed?
Thanks Looking forward for your response.

Just to make sure we're talking about the same thing. We're talking about "live-migration" not VM conversion from one hypervisor to another, like a VM from VMWare or XenServer to a VM on Hyper-V, right?
As mentioned above, when a VM is
live-migrated from one Hyper-V host to another, nothing changes. Bios does not change. A
Gen1 VM with traditional BIOS firmware will not turn into a Gen2 machine with UEFI firmware for example.
Boot loader will not change when a VM is live-migrated from one Hyper-V host to another.
MAC address on VM NICs will change when a VM is live-migrated from one Hyper-V host to another, unless the VM NIC is configured with a static MAC address. A Changed MAC address will be interpreted by the VM as a new NIC, which will lose its old IP settings.
Stopping and restarting a VM on the same Hyper-V host changes nothing about the VM synthetic hardware such as NICs, BIOS firmware, or its internal startup files like boot loader.
Stopping a VM, and restarting it on another Hyper-V host changes nothing except the VM NIC's MAC address if it is configured to have a dynamic MAC address as described above.
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How to migrate from exchange 2007 to 2013 step by step tutorials please

Hi
I am running Windows Server 2008 standard, with exchange 2007 SP2 on it.
We have 800 mailbox in total
Our domain controllers are
Win2012 R2 and I would like to upgrade to Exchange 2013 on Windows server 2012 R2.
I am running a VM, on VMware environment, so my Windows 2012 R2 is a VM.
Is there a website or document that explains in detail, step by step how to upgrade from 2007 to 2013.
I currently only have 1 exchange server 2007, with all the roles on the one server. I would like to keep that same as
well with exchange 2013.
Thanks

Exchange server deployment assistant is always a good service provider to achieve this task as it simply ask few questions about your current environment and proceed further accordingly.
You can refer to this blog explained by technet team that will assist you further to gather more information in depth : http://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive/2013/07/25/part-1-step-by-step-exchange-2007-to-2013-migration.aspx
Moreover, to avoid the interruptions and proceed a hassle-free migration from exchange 2007 to 2013, this application (http://www.exchangemigrationtool.com/) could also be a good approach to accomplish
migration task in more secure way.

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