VMware Communities: New Script for moving vm to another … contains a thread from this summer about cold migrating a VM from local storage of an ESX server to iSCSI storage. The post contains the code (original and updated versions) for a script to automate this process. The final version allows the migration of a VM to any ESX storage location. I have added the vm-relocate.sh script to the Files page as well.
This script is handy if you do not have
Vizioncore’s vConverter 3 claims to be faster than both Platespin’s PowerConvert and VMware’s VMConverter.
“vConverter enables lightning fast and easy conversions without disrupting the source physical system during the conversion process. There are never any reboots, no need to visit machines being converted, no software to install on the source and no downtime. A significant R&D effort and focus on conversion reliability and efficiency has resulted in the fine tuning of read/write/transfer algorithms and the creation of several mechanisms which result in impressive speed and conversion completion metric.”
Click here to see demos of recorded conversions. The first example is a freshly installed
A common issue error encountered after the P2V migration of a windows server is:
The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter Name of adapter. Name of adapter is hidden from the network and Dial-up Connections folder because it is not physically in the computer or is a legacy adapter that is not working. If the same address is assigned to both adapters and they become active, only one of them will use this address. This may result in incorrect system configuration. Do you want to enter a different IP address for this adapter in the list of IP addresses in the advanced dialog box?
Microsoft KB Article 269155 provides the explanation and the work arounds methods for this issue.
From the KB Article, here is an explanation of the cause of the issue and the most common resolution method.
