Converting Vmware .VMDK to Hyper-V .VHD

There isn't one, it's a right PITA unfortunately.

There are some ways of doing it, it is possible, but fiddly and unreliable.

Id consider a platespin project license if its important
 
That's a shame. It's only 3 VM's we need to port across, but 2 of them should be simple enough to reinstall. The other is our automated build server which, by their nature, are very intricate to setup and get working "just so".
Bugger.
 
Seriously look at platespin - I don't know if they still do since novell took over, but they used to do a single conversion license, for just this sort of scenario :)
 
How much cash we talking though? These sort of companies tend to price themselves out of the Small Business market.

I would be willing to pay about £30 tops to convert this VM. But really it should be some little free console app.
 
I can't remember and it was a little while ago I last looked, but it was definitely in 2 figures

How much downtime can you afford on it? There is a VMDK to VHD converter but you'll spend some time arsing around with drivers or doing a repair install as it literally just converts the disk format. If its on ESX/i at the moment you'll need to convert it to a workstation/server machine first.

There's also something a about installing the hyper-v tools first....hang on I'll see if I can find the link I used before, but don't expect it not to be fiddly :)
 
Can't you unvirtualise it on to an individual machine in the same way that it's possible to virtualise an individual machine? (appologies if it seems like im talking gibberish) and from that individual machine revirtualise it to hyper-v in the same way that is possible with VMware?

I don't actually know if that's possible but i just assume that if it's possible to make a virtual machine from a pc you could also reverse the process?
 
mrbios said:
Can't you unvirtualise it on to an individual machine in the same way that it's possible to virtualise an individual machine? (appologies if it seems like im talking gibberish) and from that individual machine revirtualise it to hyper-v in the same way that is possible with VMware?
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I think he means can you start it on a Vmware box somewhere (even if it's just temporary) then P2V it to Hyper-V

However I don't know if you can P2V to Hyper-V without SCVMM.
 
oddjob62 said:
I think he means can you start it on a Vmware box somewhere (even if it's just temporary) then P2V it to Hyper-V

However I don't know if you can P2V to Hyper-V without SCVMM.
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Ah of course that makes more sense, my idea had 3 steps to it, your "i know what im talking about" explanation only has the one, you've enlightened me there :D But yes P2V was the idea i had in mind, didn't think to see if it was possible direct from vmware > hyper-v though

EDIT: V2V rather
 
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Does Hyper-V not have a converter? With VMWare you can convert a physical or virtual machine onto your VM system, I am surprised there is not a similar tool with Hyper-V

Kimbie
 
So... next question by the "doing this on the side" system admin...

This SCVMM tool... do I install this on the VM Host, on a VM Guest or just on my local PC?
 
NathanE said:
So... next question by the "doing this on the side" system admin...

This SCVMM tool... do I install this on the VM Host, on a VM Guest or just on my local PC?
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The server-side install can go on the hyper-v host (or standalone server if you like).

The management console can go wherever you want.
 
We have one VM Host today. In January we will have a second.

So do we need to install SCVMM's server-side onto each VM Host?
 
We have it on a separate server, although that's partly due to the fact that our nodes are server core.

NathanE: No, one install of SCVMM and you add Hyper-V nodes to be managed by it.
 
OK. I think I will put it on a small VM Guest then. Don't like the idea of putting it on the VM Host raw metal as seems like a violation of separation of concerns and also the fact that no other VM Host will have it as well.
 
oddjob62 said:
I've always found the P2V wizard works better (migrated 30 servers from Vmware to Hyper-V at the beginning of the year).

Nikumba: Yes SCVMM does it, but it's (technically) not free.
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Reading this post had me interested.

Why did you migrate from VMware to Hyper-V? What was the decision based on?
 
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