P2V Windows 2008 R2

Dashrender

@stacksofplates said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@stacksofplates said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@stacksofplates said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

I found that Citrix did have a P2V convertor solution, but it became unsupported as of version 6.5 (last supported in 6.2).

I also found that there is apparently a new version, but it's a licensed product from Citrix.

This is a big gripe I've had with XenServer. Every other player has P2V and V2V tools.

There are tools, they just aren't free anymore.

Where is it? I can't find it anywhere?

I don't know, I don't have a paid account with Citrix, but here is the PDF on using it.
http://docs.citrix.com/content/dam/docs/en-us/xenserver/xenserver-7-0/downloads/xenserver-7-0-conversion-manager-guide.pdf

That's not P2V. That's a tool to pull a VM from VMware and import it to XenServer.

So it is.. I was pretty tired when I found the site - clearly I wasn't seeing straight anymore.

Dashrender

@momurda said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

Specific troublshooting step here for OP
To change the position of the virtual disk containing the operating system

In the XenCenter Resources pane, select the powered off guest virtual machine.

Select the Storage tab.

On the Virtual Disks page, select the virtual disk containing the operating system and then click Properties.

In the <operatingsystem> Properties dialog, click on the <operatingsystem> tab to display device options

From the Device Position drop-down menu, select 0 and Click OK.

I have already solved this problem. Thanks though.

Dashrender

@momurda said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

Ive never in my life thought of using clonezilla like you have. I suppose there is nothing wrong with what youve done, i just havent ever done it like that and it seems weird to do so.

Why is this weird? How is this any weirder than using Clonezilla to clone a Windows 7/10 machine and deploy it on a new PC?

The major difference here is that I can't run sysprep on the server before I take the image because I don't want to risk damaging the original install.

So with this thinking in mind I've started a new thread to look at it form that POV.
https://mangolassi.it/topic/12129/move-windows-os-from-one-platform-to-another

Dashrender

OK I think I've licked it - it was a storage related issue.

I originally found this page http://www.justandrew.net/2009/10/stop-0x0000007b-on-p2vd-windows-7.html

Which lead to this currently none working thread, but using the wayback machine I was able to see the page and the referenced post.
https://i.imgur.com/pdhnOIT.png

I booted into recovery mode, launched regedit, I loaded the hive off the drive, made the following changes

hklm\loaded hive\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Intelide\Start = 0
hklm\loaded hive\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\pciide\Start = 3

https://i.imgur.com/csYNpSC.png
https://i.imgur.com/8tAmiYs.png

Now in my case I had previously disabled the HP RAID services in hopes of solving this, so you might have to do that as well.

DustinB3403

@Dashrender Nice find, did the VM boot?

Dashrender

@DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender Nice find, did the VM boot?

Yep

https://i.imgur.com/v32huct.png

DustinB3403

@Dashrender ewww XenCenter... Eww

Dashrender

@DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender ewww XenCenter... Eww

While you can see in that picture I have an XO box, I just don't need it for this issue.

DustinB3403

@Dashrender I know I'm just messing with you.

Dashrender

OK since I had already started the restore of my system using Windows Backup to ESXi before I found the solution - I decided to let it finish then see if it would require any fixing to make it function.

@JaredBusch

Unfortunately it BSOD'ed just like XS.

So I booted to recovery mode, change the last to registry entries,

hklm\loaded hive\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Intelide\Start = 0
hklm\loaded hive\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\pciide\Start = 3

No go - still BSOD

Back into the recovery console and changed

hklm\loaded hive\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\LSI_SAS\Start = 0
hklm\loaded hive\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\LSI_SAS2\Start = 0
(these were the first suggestions I found to try to fix this problem)

BAM! worked - booted. it's slow as molasses, but I can work on that.

I guess JB got lucky in recovery, or I was unlucky, but I'm glad I stuck it out and solved the problem.

Dashrender

Now onto virtualizing the 2003 R2 application server.

DustinB3403

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

Now onto virtualizing the 2003 R2 application server.

Upgrade.... problem solved.

Dashrender

@DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

Now onto virtualizing the 2003 R2 application server.

Upgrade.... problem solved.

lol - not really an option. and not really the point.

I'm trying to create one last working copy of these old servers before I decom them. I don't need them, but the images of VMs can sit on a drive in the safety deposit box for a while, and then I can destroy it later when I really don't care anymore.

JaredBusch

@DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

Now onto virtualizing the 2003 R2 application server.

Upgrade.... problem solved.

So completely not the point, and totally the wrong attitude.

Dashrender

For informational purposes

cnvt-ocs-dev

If using clonezilla, and you break out to command line after it's errored out on you about not being able to restore multiple drives to different drive names, then your network mount point (assuming you're using one) should still be there.

Confirm by

cd /home/partimag
ls

you should see a list of whatever is in that location.

make a backup copy of your imgae - you have been warned
to become root
sudo su

cnvt-ocs-dev imagename sda hda
(do this for each partition)

once conversion is complete, start restore

DustinB3403

@JaredBusch said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

Now onto virtualizing the 2003 R2 application server.

Upgrade.... problem solved.

So completely not the point, and totally the wrong attitude.

So over your head....

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DustinB3403

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

Now onto virtualizing the 2003 R2 application server.

Upgrade.... problem solved.

lol - not really an option. and not really the point.

I'm trying to create one last working copy of these old servers before I decom them. I don't need them, but the images of VMs can sit on a drive in the safety deposit box for a while, and then I can destroy it later when I really don't care anymore.

I knew as much, and was making a crack at humor. Being server 2003 and all. Backing up the data alone would likely be good enough.

JaredBusch

@DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@DustinB3403 said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

@Dashrender said in P2V Windows 2008 R2:

Now onto virtualizing the 2003 R2 application server.

Upgrade.... problem solved.

lol - not really an option. and not really the point.

I'm trying to create one last working copy of these old servers before I decom them. I don't need them, but the images of VMs can sit on a drive in the safety deposit box for a while, and then I can destroy it later when I really don't care anymore.

I knew as much, and was making a crack at humor. Being server 2003 and all. Backing up the data alone would likely be good enough.

No, backing up the data alone is a waste. You have to have a means to access the data. That means is part of what is being backed up.

Dashrender

Yep, I too definitely missed the joke.

The 2003 server is an IIS application server - so it's much more than just the data. I need the whole thing.

hobbit666

I'm sure I've used something like Acronis Backup and Restore in the past for trouble machines, when restore they have a "dissimilar hardware" option.