Tag Archives: Virtualbox

Convert virtualbox to vmware

July 31, 2012 21:38 / Leave a Comment /

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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Migrating virtualbox storage from local disk to iSCSI

April 21, 2012 13:11 / Leave a Comment /

Turn off the virtual machine, preferably by logging in and do a clean shutdown or if not possible VBoxManage controlvm <machine> poweroff Add another disk VBoxManage storageattach <machine> –storagectl “SATA Controller” –port 1 –type hdd –medium iscsi –server 192.168.100.13 –target “iqn.2004-06.net.strahlert.home:L1” Boot the machine by FreeBSD 9.0 Install and start a Rescue Live shell dd … Read More →

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Setting up iSCSI

March 4, 2012 16:23 / Leave a Comment /

Should operate on a physical separate lan and VLAN 200 has been set aside for this. Server Install net/istgt from ports and set istgt_enable=”YES” in /etc/rc.conf. iSCSI uses an addressing scheme called iqn which is built up by the reverse domainname along with the founding date. In this case the address is iqn.2004-06.net.strahlert.home /usr/local/etc/istgt/auth.conf Set … Read More →

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