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    • bbigfordB
      bbigford
      last edited by

      Since you're using workstation. You can launch VMware Workstation and you should be open on the "Home" tab. From there you can choose the Physical to Virtual option (P2V) and go through the process steps accordingly.

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      • IT-ADMINI
        IT-ADMIN
        last edited by

        do you mean "virtual a phisical machine" option ??
        2015-08-26_184639.png

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch
          last edited by JaredBusch

          You need to use the Hyper-V P2V tools. This has nothing to do with your existing Hypervisor.

          Download and install this to convert your existing VM.
          http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @bbigford
            last edited by

            @BBigford said:

            Since you're using workstation. You can launch VMware Workstation and you should be open on the "Home" tab. From there you can choose the Physical to Virtual option (P2V) and go through the process steps accordingly.

            I think that that only applies to converting to ESXi.

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            • IT-ADMINI
              IT-ADMIN @JaredBusch
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              @JaredBusch said:

              You need to use the Hyper-V P2V tools. This has nothing to do with your existing Hypervisor.

              Download and install this to convert your existing VM.
              http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497
              Oh I see. It is a very important information. But if I use xenserver I must use a tool to import my vm from vmware workstation

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              • bbigfordB
                bbigford @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said:

                @BBigford said:

                Since you're using workstation. You can launch VMware Workstation and you should be open on the "Home" tab. From there you can choose the Physical to Virtual option (P2V) and go through the process steps accordingly.

                I think that that only applies to converting to ESXi.

                It sounded like he was working within VMware Workstation (for whatever the reasoning) and moving to Hyper-V instead of continuing with a VMware hypervisor. I figured OP could convert the server to virtual, then import it into Hyper-V. I think I should have simply recommended Disk2VHD instead and cut out VMware as the middle man...

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  I'm confused, if you convert from one type of VMware virtual to another, does that make importing to HyperV easier?

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                  • IT-ADMINI
                    IT-ADMIN
                    last edited by

                    the question is very clear : i have one VM hosted in vmware workstation type 2 and i want to move this VM to my new Hypervisor host machine (hyper-V or XenServer)

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                    • IT-ADMINI
                      IT-ADMIN
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                      finally i move my VM to my XenServer Hypervisore by importing the .VMDK file and it is done !!

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                      • IT-ADMINI
                        IT-ADMIN
                        last edited by IT-ADMIN

                        Now i have trouble with my VM, the IP is shown as unknown
                        2015-08-27_190716.png
                        , after doing some research i found out that i have to install xenserver tools, the bad news is i have to run CLI in both centos (for my freePBX VM) and freebsd (for my pfsense VM) to mount the iso located in my virtual DVD,
                        well i start with centos and do the following :
                        mkdir /mnt/DVD
                        2015-08-27_185945.png
                        2015-08-27_190033.png
                        in this stage the iso was mounted, isn't it ? i think yes because the directory contain the setup files for xenserver tool like this image show :
                        2015-08-27_190304.png

                        after that i launch the installer but i get a shitty message
                        2015-08-27_190419.png

                        i guess my centos version 6.5 is not supported, please help me ,,, i'm lost

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                        • IT-ADMINI
                          IT-ADMIN
                          last edited by IT-ADMIN

                          knowing that i don't know how to deal with Linux CLI nor freeBSD CLI 😞

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                          • coliverC
                            coliver @IT-ADMIN
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                            @IT-ADMIN said:

                            knowing that i don't know how to deal with Linux CLI nor freeBSD CLI 😞

                            Out of curitosity what happens if you type

                            sudo ifup eth0
                            

                            Into your CentOS machine?

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                            • IT-ADMINI
                              IT-ADMIN
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                              unfortunatley i'm out of office now because i just finish my shift, because there is a huge time difference btw us and USA,
                              now it is 7:36 pm and tomorrow friday we are off, next saturday i will try that command i'm very sorry you want to help me but i'm out of office now

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                              • IT-ADMINI
                                IT-ADMIN
                                last edited by

                                i was waiting the whole day but i know that in US it was early morning, we receive support from US engineers and not other part of the world

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                                • coliverC
                                  coliver @IT-ADMIN
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                                  @IT-ADMIN said:

                                  unfortunatley i'm out of office now because i just finish my shift, because there is a huge time difference btw us and USA,
                                  now it is 7:36 pm and tomorrow friday we are off, next saturday i will try that command i'm very sorry you want to help me but i'm out of office now

                                  No problem. I have a CentOS 6.5 server running on top of XenServer at home and one of the things you have to do when first setting it up is bring up the interface. If that works (it probably will) You will then need to add

                                  onboot=yes
                                  

                                  into the

                                  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
                                  

                                  config file.

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                                  • IT-ADMINI
                                    IT-ADMIN
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                                    i don't know why the majority of engineers that are willing to help others and share their precious knowledge are USA engineers,

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                                    • coliverC
                                      coliver @IT-ADMIN
                                      last edited by

                                      @IT-ADMIN said:

                                      i don't know why the majority of engineers that are willing to help others and share their precious knowledge are USA engineers,

                                      I do it to "pay it forward". I don't know a lot but when I can help I do because people helped me when I was just starting.

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                                        IT-ADMIN @coliver
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                                        @coliver said:

                                        @IT-ADMIN said:

                                        unfortunatley i'm out of office now because i just finish my shift, because there is a huge time difference btw us and USA,
                                        now it is 7:36 pm and tomorrow friday we are off, next saturday i will try that command i'm very sorry you want to help me but i'm out of office now

                                        No problem. I have a CentOS 6.5 server running on top of XenServer at home and one of the things you have to do when first setting it up is bring up the interface. If that works (it probably will) You will then need to add

                                        onboot=yes
                                        

                                        into the

                                        /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
                                        

                                        config file.

                                        i promise you i will do that next friday and tell you what i get
                                        thanks

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                                          last edited by

                                          @IT-ADMIN said:

                                          i don't know why the majority of engineers that are willing to help others and share their precious knowledge are USA engineers,

                                          One reason is that we have more engineers than anywhere else. Volume makes a big difference. But you are right, the numbers do seem to be very high for US versus other regions to do this even taking into account the volume.

                                          Might be cultural. It could be as simple as jobs in the US want people who are demonstrably active and good. How many people outside of the US would list their ML or SW posting on their resumes? But in the US I always have this posting on there.

                                          Many cultures favour IT staff (and most staff) that is quiet and does what they are told. But culturally in the US it is expected that good IT staff will push back on management and not just cave to senior staff telling them what to do. I know that between the US and India this is a huge difference.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by scottalanmiller

                                            Although we should not that several contributors here that are quite active like @Carnival-Boy and @Breffni-Potter and @akp982 are British, not American, and while @dominica and I are American citizens we do not primarily live there. @joy and @nadnerB are busy contributors too, also not American. @MattSpeller is Canadian. @Ambarishrh is in the UAE. @nic lives in the US but isn't an American. Just some examples that I thought of quickly. I'm sure there are tons of non-Americans here that are busy posting. Certainly more American than not, but probably not as dramatically American as it can seem.

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