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    • momurdaM
      momurda
      last edited by momurda

      I am telling you what has worked in my experience. Last year I converted 20 something vms doing what i suggested with xenconvert on xs 6.5. Most of these were on HW raid and i successfully converted every single one, form win2k up to server 2012.
      Honestly just try using the tool with xs7 it probably just works. and the servers can still be used while the conversion is happening.

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender @DustinB3403
        last edited by

        @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

        So the C drive contains the applications that they host.

        hrm...

        I'd try a different conversion tool, which tool did you use to create this VM?

        @Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

        I use Clonezilla and after going through several versions I find a version ...

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @DustinB3403
          last edited by

          @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

          Try a different tool. Like Vmwares Standalone Converter. You install it on your system, target the IP of the remote physical, and convert it. Giving it a storage target.

          That will export into XS? As I mentioned in my OP, I don't have space on my ESXi host for this, so i can't import it there.

          Plus I already said I wanted to avoid the convert/convert game.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403 @Dashrender
            last edited by

            @Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

            @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

            Try a different tool. Like Vmwares Standalone Converter. You install it on your system, target the IP of the remote physical, and convert it. Giving it a storage target.

            That will export into XS? As I mentioned in my OP, I don't have space on my ESXi host for this, so i can't import it there.

            Plus I already said I wanted to avoid the convert/convert game.

            With the converter you just export it to a VHD file. The VHD file can be imported into XenServer using XenCenter (XO doesn't support VHD)

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @momurda
              last edited by

              @momurda said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

              I am telling you what has worked in my experience. Last year I converted 20 something vms doing what i suggested with xenconvert on xs 6.5. Most of these were on HW raid and i successfully converted every single one, form win2k up to server 2012.
              Honestly just try using the tool with xs7 it probably just works. and the servers can still be used while the conversion is happening.

              Yeah OK now I need to find a machine that has 1 TB of scratch space for the export to be sent to. I don't have it currently.

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              • momurdaM
                momurda @Dashrender
                last edited by

                @Dashrender Cant you just use an external usb drive?

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                  @Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                  @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                  Try a different tool. Like Vmwares Standalone Converter. You install it on your system, target the IP of the remote physical, and convert it. Giving it a storage target.

                  That will export into XS? As I mentioned in my OP, I don't have space on my ESXi host for this, so i can't import it there.

                  Plus I already said I wanted to avoid the convert/convert game.

                  With the converter you just export it to a VHD file. The VHD file can be imported into XenServer using XenCenter (XO doesn't support VHD)

                  and I'm back to having a scratch space problem.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                    The issue with this is the same issue as was discussed yesterday. The underlying storage that the VM is looking for is the RAID array. That is why the devices have the cciss.

                    If you can convert the disk to a NTFS disk for example, then you'd have no issues booting the VM.

                    How you can do this inside of XenServer... change the underlying hardware (when the server its self sees is asking for the wrong hardware)

                    FFS, WTF are you talking about? He knows the old device is not longer there and he needs to tell windows to stop using it.

                    The vdisks are perfectly accessible, simply windows needs fixed.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @momurda
                      last edited by

                      @momurda said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                      @Dashrender Cant you just use an external usb drive?

                      Well that will take forever... I'd honestly just dig up 6 old hard drives that are the same, and create a temp file server.

                      For something not critical use freenas.

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                        last edited by

                        @JaredBusch said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                        @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                        The issue with this is the same issue as was discussed yesterday. The underlying storage that the VM is looking for is the RAID array. That is why the devices have the cciss.

                        If you can convert the disk to a NTFS disk for example, then you'd have no issues booting the VM.

                        How you can do this inside of XenServer... change the underlying hardware (when the server its self sees is asking for the wrong hardware)

                        FFS, WTF are you talking about? He knows the old device is not longer there and he needs to tell windows to stop using it.

                        The vdisks are perfectly accessible, simply windows needs fixed.

                        Ok dipstick, how do you fix it? I clearly said I wasn't aware of how to do this. So provide some help rather than being a touchy P**k

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @dafyre
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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch
                            last edited by

                            @Dashrender why didn't you use the normal Windows backup utility built into Server 2008?

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                              last edited by

                              @JaredBusch said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                              @Dashrender why didn't you use the normal Windows backup utility built into Server 2008?

                              He'd still be in the same situation with the OS looking for the array.

                              Windows backup doesn't abstract that information away.

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                                last edited by

                                @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                                @JaredBusch said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                                @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                                The issue with this is the same issue as was discussed yesterday. The underlying storage that the VM is looking for is the RAID array. That is why the devices have the cciss.

                                If you can convert the disk to a NTFS disk for example, then you'd have no issues booting the VM.

                                How you can do this inside of XenServer... change the underlying hardware (when the server its self sees is asking for the wrong hardware)

                                FFS, WTF are you talking about? He knows the old device is not longer there and he needs to tell windows to stop using it.

                                The vdisks are perfectly accessible, simply windows needs fixed.

                                Ok dipstick, how do you fix it? I clearly said I wasn't aware of how to do this. So provide some help rather than being a touchy P**k

                                Not sure, because I would not have done anything the way he did.

                                But, I do know that you are talking out your ass.

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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                                  last edited by

                                  @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                                  @JaredBusch said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                                  @Dashrender why didn't you use the normal Windows backup utility built into Server 2008?

                                  He'd still be in the same situation with the OS looking for the array.

                                  Windows backup doesn't abstract that information away.

                                  Umm, yes it does. No we know for a fact that you have no idea what you are talking about.

                                  I have converted multiple servers from P2V and V2V using the backup built into Windows Server 2008.

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                                  • momurdaM
                                    momurda
                                    last edited by

                                    Startup Repair should be tried as it is probably the quickest thing to try and has worked for me.
                                    or you can do
                                    bootrec /scanos (will try and find the windows partition of unbootable windows)
                                    bootrec /fixmbr
                                    bootrec /fixboot
                                    bootrec /rebuildbcd (think that is one)

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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch @momurda
                                      last edited by

                                      @momurda said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                                      Startup Repair should be tried as it is probably the quickest thing to try and has worked for me.
                                      or you can do
                                      bootrec /scanos (will try and find the windows partition of unbootable windows)
                                      bootrec /fixmbr
                                      bootrec /fixboot
                                      bootrec /rebuildbcd (think that is one)

                                      I believe @dafyre mentioned this posts ago, but @Dashrender never responded to it.

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                                      • momurdaM
                                        momurda @JaredBusch
                                        last edited by

                                        @JaredBusch
                                        Ah, lots of stuff going on must have missed that one.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @DustinB3403
                                          last edited by

                                          @DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                                          @momurda said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                                          @Dashrender Cant you just use an external usb drive?

                                          Well that will take forever... I'd honestly just dig up 6 old hard drives that are the same, and create a temp file server.

                                          For something not critical use freenas.

                                          LOL - freenas - really?

                                          Lots of assumptions here -

                                          1. I have six drives lying around
                                          2. those six drives would be large enough to give me the needed space
                                          3. I have a PC with 6 of the needed ports

                                          And since I don't have 1, I can't have 2, and I don't have 3 either, so this is a giant no go.

                                          If I was going to try this type of route, I would install install ubuntu or CentOS and just create a giant partition and share it SMB. no FreeNAS needed.

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch @momurda
                                            last edited by

                                            @momurda said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

                                            @JaredBusch
                                            Ah, lots of stuff going on must have missed that one.

                                            He did not post the commands though, +1 for that. @Dashrender needs all the help he can get at this point, because he is in stubborn mode.

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