Figure 7. Figure 8. Once the conversion is completed, you will see the success status at the final page of the wizard:. Figure 9. On your target Hyper-V server, you will now have the VM registered, but the network will be disconnected. Once you modify the VM configuration to map the virtual network adapter to the virtual switch, you can power on the server and you will be up and running:. Figure With all of the products that are available in the commercial vendor space that tout the ability to migrate workloads from one hypervisor to another, this may not seem like a significant win to have completed this task.
Recall though, this is a freely available product from Microsoft and it is possible to receive support if you have an existing support agreement in place. Porting from one hypervisor to another has its obvious merits, but the strength of this product lies in its ability to also copy workloads from an on-premises VMware environment to a Microsoft Azure platform.
Using the same underlying techniques, the MVMC simply changes the process to export the machine to the public Microsoft Azure cloud. The cloud migration capability may be the feature that takes this client to the next level to be able to leverage the entire Microsoft virtualization ecosystem, and begin the move towards public cloud consumption.
By using the MVMC toolkit, you can copy your workloads into Microsoft Azure for a full test of the client and hosting platform without risking your source system because the process is a copy rather than a move. There are some obvious use-cases that we can imagine to put the MVMC 2. The one which is being touted the most is the VMware to Microsoft migration capability.
Because of the copy versus move process, there is a safe recovery in the event of any issues bringing up the target environment. Microsoft to Microsoft is also a powerful use case. While the GUI driven features of the MVMC are good, the advantage comes with the PowerShell Cmdlets that are available along with the deployment which allow you to script all of the processes performed by the tool. With the 1. This allows for integration with orchestration tools and other configuration management products to schedule and script the migration of VM resources.
Version support on the client and host side is impressive. Hosts are supported on VMware vSphere 4. Linux guest support is also included which is a great feature. Nov 24th, Not a member of Pastebin yet? Sign Up , it unlocks many cool features! I want to start using Hyper-V.
It seems disapeared, perhaps it has. How to convert a physical computer to a virtual machine? Go to Sysinternals page of Microsoft website and download Disj2vhd. Windows 10 Virtual Machine: Microsoft touts Hyper V as a solution to helpfully manage and create virtual machines.
By default, the destination machine is also powered off after migration completes. If you are migrating a Linux machine, you will need to perform those migration steps manually. Finally, specify a local folder to store the virtual hard disks during conversion. Ensure that your local machine is large enough to store this data, and then proceed to the summary page.
MVMC will double-check your options and highlight any potential problems with the migration. The transition time is tied to the size of the VM. In my test environment, a 60 GB test machine took about 30 minutes. You will need to have MVMC 2. Start by importing the MVMC module. The quickest way to begin migrating VMs is to use the sample script provided in the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Administration Guide on page To use it in your environment, you will need to make a few changes.
A slightly modified version with those changes is shown below. Be sure to create the folders mentioned in the script ahead of time and to fill out the configuration block.
This script could be modified to pull several server names from a text file or to loop through available clients. Either way, PowerShell makes migration easier. Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 2. MVMC 3. If you have used MVMC to migrate your environment, what challenges did you face?
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