Solved Installing XenServer 7 on Lenovo TS140
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It's worth running a check against your drives to make sure they are in good working order as well.
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Done with installation.
Server is up and running. Connected server with XenCenter.
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@DustinB3403 Okay, will scan drive also.
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Now it's time to move all vms from ESXi 6 free to XenServer 7.
My understanding is, I need to export each vm to ovf and convert with XenConvert, then import ?
Now both servers are running, is there any easier method to migrate ?
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@openit said in Installing XenServer 7 on Lenovo TS140:
Now it's time to move all vms from ESXi 6 free to XenServer 7.
My understanding is, I need to export each vm to ovf and convert with XenConvert, then import ?
Now both servers are running, is there any easier method to migrate ?
I'd love to hear the step by step that you follow to accomplish. I'm trying to migrate two bare metal servers to XenServer 7.
My googling has shown that XenConvert doesn't work with 7, and not supported with 6.5 (though it has been reported as working). There is a Xen Convertor VM, but you have to have a paid support contract with Citrix it get the current version. I did find links to the new old 6.2 version on XS's website though. -
Just export to ovf and import into xs. Once imported remove VMware drivers install xs drivers.
No "conversion" at all.
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@DustinB3403 Noted.
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@Dashrender Done with migrating one VM (hyperv VM) and was sucessful. Tested on XenServer 7 by running it.
Few things we need to consider :
- Export and Import is taking long (depends on vm size)
- I am importing VM from ESXi to my computer and Exporting (OVA) from my computer to XenServer 7.
- I have configured vSphere client for ESXi and XenCenter for XS7 which makes my work bit easier (feels working locally-within my computer).
- Make sure you are connected with cable (for performance).
Exporting from ESXi
After export (OVA)
Importing to XS7
Imported successfully and running
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Here, Hyperv vm was a test VM I was running on ESXi and because it's smaller size, I have chosen this one to test import and export.
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@Dashrender
Make sure you have double space than VM at export target, as I have observed that while importing the OVA from XenCenter, it is creating a copy on source (ova) location and then copying to XS7 SR. -
@openit said in Installing XenServer 7 on Lenovo TS140:
@Dashrender
Make sure you have double space than VM at export target, as I have observed that while importing the OVA from XenCenter, it is creating a copy on source (ova) location and then copying to XS7 SR.ug.. 700+ GB, means I need a 2 TB drive or more.
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@Dashrender Hey Kingston just released a 2TB USB flash drive..
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lol, If I'm not buying 2 TB SSD drives, pretty sure I won't be buying one of these.
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@Dashrender I am afraid that you misunderstood about "double space" I mentioned
I was not talking about space on XS server.
Import and Export:
ESXi VM Export to --> My Computer
My Computer --> Import to XenCenterHere in my case, I need to consider about space on My Computer, as I shown in pic, XenCenter is making duplicate copy before importing.....
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@openit said in Installing XenServer 7 on Lenovo TS140:
@Dashrender I am afraid that you misunderstood about "double space" I mentioned
I was not talking about space on XS server.
Import and Export:
ESXi VM Export to --> My Computer
My Computer --> Import to XenCenterHere in my case, I need to consider about space on My Computer, as I shown in pic, XenCenter is making duplicate copy before importing.....
No, I knew exactly what you were talking about. I don't have many systems over 500 GB (the standard drive in most of my non server machines). I purchased a 3 TB drive for my test XS box, and my current NAS only has 600 GB free. So I'll need to get another drive to add to say my destkop that will hold the 700+ GB image of my VM, and the 700+ GB temp file that it will create during transition.
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@Dashrender Okay
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Done with installation and migration of VMs.
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How about license ? Do I need to register and get license key from Xenserver.org ?
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What is Datastore (in ESXi) alternative in XS7 ?
I want to have some space on XS7 itself, to upload ISO images or other files via XenCenter or Shared folder which should be visible to XS7 (to use ISO files while creating VMs).
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I tried to migrate one of my baremetal servers this weekend using Clonezilla. The cloning process worked fine. When I tried to restore the image it wouldn't restore because my bare metal server called the drives i had ccsc/c0d0, ccsc/c0d1 and ccsc/c0d2, but inside XenServer they were called sda, sdb and sdc so Clonezilla wouldn't restore them. Fortunately there is a utility that will convert the images to the new names (one drive at a time) which worked without an issue, so I kicked off the restore and waited.
After completion, not completely unexpectedly the system won't boot - it blue screens 0x0000007e which currently isn't helping me know what drivers I need to fix.
So with all of that in mind, I'm considering doing a staged approach (yeah JB already mentioned this - but well after I had started the Clonezilla process) to VMware, then to XS - but I'm back to the storage problem. My ESXi server doesn't currently have enough storage to hand one copy of the 700+ GB system.
