The ESXi-host is using an iSCSI-target as storage provider. The KVM-host has local storage but is also connected to the iSCSI-network. This is how I went about migrating a couple of virtual machines running different operating systems between the two hypervisors. Mount the iSCSI-target on the KVM-host The KVM-host need to be set up as … Read More →
Category Archives: Vmware
iSCSI: Migrating from istgt to ctld
Deciding to upgrade my NAS from FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE to 10.2-RELEASE, I wanted to try out the new native iSCSI initiator. As my iSCSI-network is physically separated by vlan I don’t bother with chap-authentication. I allow the entire network connect to the presented targets. The only part of the config previously used in istgt that couldn’t … Read More →
Migrate VM to new datastore in ESXi
As the free version of ESXi lack the option to migrate to a new datastore or host, it will have to be done manually. That’s easy enough by logging in to the ESXi shell by ssh and simply copying the VM files. Naturally the VM has to be powered off for the copy to be … Read More →
Convert virtualbox to vmware
First power off machine in vbox. Then use the “Export Appliance” from the “File” menu. Change filename to .ovf Leave checkboxes unchecked (no 0.9 compliance and no mf file) The disk needs to be cloned as the user running VirtualBox in order to undo thin provisioning. To find out the UUID of the disk, do … Read More →
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